User talk:Johnston281

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Draft:Tankotherm, and I noticed that your username, "Tankotherm", 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 (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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Draft:Tankotherm
I have moved your draft to Draft:Tankotherm. The preferred location for draft articles is WP:DRAFTS. -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 13:54, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

February 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked 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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 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
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Uploading a draft
Hello I would like to upload one article onto Wikipedia which is currently stored in Draft:Tankotherm. The article is about a now defunct company which is of historic interest. I am a published maritime historian with no commercial connection to the company or any company. I have no plans to start editing on Wikipedia but would like to upload this one article please. Do you have simple instructions on how to do this? The website is difficult to navigateJohnston281 (talk) 14:53, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

((Help me)) please see question above about uploading an article Johnston281 (talk) 20:10, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Tankotherm


Hello, Johnston281. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Tankotherm".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  13:51, 28 August 2022 (UTC)