User talk:Hrafnling

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "WaitomoCaves", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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August 2021
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:48, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * There's a discussion on the private Facebook page Wikipedia New Zealand about this case that gives some background to this. I'd be happy to invite you to this group but in essence, I suggest that we are dealing with a new user who potentially has much to contribute, and is now aware of COI and related policies. There are 176 members of that group and most of them are active Wikipedians. I suggest that we can adequately supervise things going forward, turn the new user into a valuable contributor, and now that we've explained to her the various constraints, we would have this well under control. As such, could you please give some consideration to lift the block? I could have done it myself but did not want to go behind your back.  Schwede 66  23:20, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I tagged this user as having an inappropriate username initially. Given that she is willing to change her username, and has had the rules about conflict of interest explained to her (as explained on the Facebook page Schwede66 mentioned above), I think she should be unblocked and renamed, and the local community will assist her to make contributions which don't breach COI.- gadfium 02:13, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Good as gold, especially with Kiwis to handle the jandal. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  04:07, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Waitomo Caves Museum has been accepted
 Waitomo Caves Museum, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! MurielMary (talk) 13:04, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia (properly)
Glad we've sorted that out! Can I suggest you upload some photos of the Museum, interior and exterior, to Wikimedia Commons under Category:Waitomo Caves Museum? I've fixed the problems in the bat photo you uploaded; see the file history to see what I did. I've created a Wikidata item for the museum which needs an illustration, and linked it to the Commons category. Feel free to join us on the Facebook group for more assistance. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:41, 9 August 2021 (UTC)