User talk:Linton Osborne

Welcome!
Hello, Linton Osborne, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially your edits to Nazareth (band). I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Nazareth (band), and I noticed that your username, "Linton Osborne", 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, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. ''Violation of the username policy as a misleading username. Name of a well known person, WP:IMPERSONATE. See Nazareth (band) Former members.''  Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 16:07, 15 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi! In regards to the above, I just wanted to check. Did you pick this account name because you wanted to write about Linton Osborne, or are you saying that you are Linton Osborne? Just jot your response in here, please. Thanks. - Vianello (Talk) 01:48, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Linton Osborne, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Diannaa (talk) 00:38, 17 April 2015 (UTC)