User talk:Kellogg Biological Station

June 2009
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL 15:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia, because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes of a company or group. See FAQ/Organization and Conflict of interest''.

In addition, accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing, and your username should reflect this.

Wikipedia is not a promotion website; this kind of activity is considered spam on Wikipedia, and forbidden by policies, and usernames that appear to be promotional also violate our username policy. Editing on Wikipedia is not intended to be used to promote anyone, or anything, and its use for that purpose will result in blocking of the account involved.

If you feel that there has been a mistake, please appeal this block by adding the text   or contacting the administrator who has blocked you. Your reason should include a clear response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy. Please check that your new username has not already been taken here. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:33, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for new username: Gull Lake 08:06, 9 June 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellogg Biological Station (talk • contribs)
 * Do you commit to not editing the article Kellogg Biological Station in the future, and to generally conform to our rules on conflict of interest? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  15:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I will no longer edit KBS articles and will follow all guidelines. Can the username be changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellogg Biological Station (talk • contribs)
 * See Username_change for how to make this request. Kevin Forsyth (talk) 15:33, 15 June 2009 (UTC)