User talk:KrisRyan

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:27, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Your attention needed at WP:CHU
Hello. A bureaucrat or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 02:34, 9 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Your proposed new username is no better than your current one; please review the username policy. A username cannot be that of a business or organization, and must identify you as an individual(not necessarily with your real name, just one you use). A group's name can be part of your username(such as "John at EastCoastLawyers"). Additionally, you should review the conflict of interest policy before editing in subject areas with which you have an association. 331dot (talk) 02:59, 9 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Bloody hell, that was quick.... Five minutes after I posted at CHU to tell them about your new choice and they've changed it. OK. Editing accounts are personal, yes. Are you aware that not every company gets an article? (Please see WP:CORP along with WP:RS about the reliable independent sources needed to prove the notability.) Changing name will retain the editing history of this account, but many accounts change name for one reason or another and early misunderstandings will not be held against someone who proceeds along the straight and narrow thereafter. While anyone can see material that's been removed by ordinary editing (look in History for that), only an administrator can see deleted pages (and material that has been otherwise 'hidden' for security etc reasons - and oversighters can hide stuff from even admins). I must point out that from what you posted I couldn't see much chance at CORP. (It was more your old name and the addresses than the wording, IMO, that was the problem. That's tantamount to 'Contact us at...' which is an absolute killer.) Have a read of the CORP and RS policies and feel free to ask questions. Peridon (talk) 14:30, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. PhilKnight (talk) 14:38, 9 January 2015 (UTC)