User talk:MamaDuck3/Archive 1

--MamaDuck3 (talk) 17:37, 19 October 2012 (UTC)== Welcome! ==


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August 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Bruce Elving has been reverted. Your edit here to Bruce Elving was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://fmedianews.blogspot.com/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest). If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 21:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, 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.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/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, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * 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, please see how to appeal a block. Alexf(talk) 10:44, 15 August 2011 (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 three important principles above.  Ron h jones (Talk) 22:34, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I understand those things and agree to be more careful to comply with the rules in the future. Please also take into consideration that I did not create the article on Bruce Elving but was simply updating the content due to his recent death. He is a notable subject in the FM-radio and DXing community, as shown in the supporting links in the Wikipedia article on him. I apologize for giving the impression that I was posting only for promotional purposes; that was certainly not my intention. Fmedianews (talk) 02:14, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for granting my request to be unblocked to request a username change. Apparently, I am still blocked from editing, though, so I was unable to put in a request for the name change on the appropriate page. Please help if possible. Thank you. Fmedianews (talk) 19:41, 16 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The autoblock on the IP may still be in place. What message do you get when you try to edit any other page? Daniel Case (talk) 20:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

This is the message that I am getting: "You are currently unable to edit pages on Wikipedia due to an autoblock affecting your IP address." Fmedianews (talk) 20:22, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Is there a number given for the autoblock? Daniel Case (talk) 22:18, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I think this is the code you're looking for? Autoblock ID: 3304321 Fmedianews (talk) 00:14, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

The autoblock expired, so I was able to request a username change, which has now been done. Thank you so much for your help. MamaDuck3 (talk) 18:37, 17 August 2011 (UTC)