User talk:Maritimehistory-wisconsin

March 2018
There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Widr (talk) 07:33, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I am making an appeal to unblock my account.

1. I thought the user name (Maritimehistory-wisconsin) was straightforward and generic. It does not represent a commercial company or commercial entity. It was meant to represent a nonprofit historical society called the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society. I would happily change it to anything that meets muster.

2. The second concern is the proposed article's use of "promotional edits." This may be referring to the use of the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society's website. If that's the case, I would happily eliminate it. However, I noted that other historical societies listed, such as the Wisconsin Historical Society, of which the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society is an affiliate, uses its website name in its Wikipedia article.

The Wisconsin Marine Historical Society is a nonprofit 501 tax exempt organization, but does use its website and other media to raise money for its mission of collecting, archiving and making historical documents available to the public. The Society's headquarters is located at the downtown Milwaukee Public Library and uses the latter's computer servers to present much of its archives to the public. The Library and the historical society have a close partnership.

If you can be more specific, I will gladly change the wording or eliminate anything that does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines. This is the first time I've tried to write an article for Wikipedia. Any help I can get will be welcome.

Thank you Maritimehistory-wisconsin Maritimehistory-wisconsin (talk) 16:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)