User talk:MattSandy

March 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Matt Sandy has been reverted.

Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \bmyspace\.com (links: http://www.myspace.com/sasquatchmtn, http://www.myspace.com/similarplaid).

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Speedy deletion of Matt Sandy
A tag has been placed on Matt Sandy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 02:34, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Matt Sandy


A tag has been placed on Matt Sandy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. —Largo Plazo (talk) 22:27, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 12:40, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "MattIndustries", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it denotes an organization and implies multiple users in violation of WP:GROUPNAME. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 12:41, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, MattIndustries, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
 * Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Changing username.

If you feel 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. Alexf(talk) 14:56, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions: Yes Yes Yes
 * 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?

I don't think there is any company registered as MattIndustries. Many people include their first name in their username but aren't band because of it. I tried to recreate the article (which is not the reason for the limits on my account) since I have had many more photos published (in reputable places) since the last time the page was created, but I suppose I will have to wait for someone to create one for me. I don't own anything with mattindustries except for accounts years old from when I thought it would be a good joke (since I am one singular individual). Apparently humor is lost here. Again, how does my username not meet the requirements? You said the link doesn't meet the requirements. Is my link my username?

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. Kuru  (talk)  18:49, 16 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The account already exists and has edited Matt Sandy. Is that your account as well? ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:37, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * is not my account, although I may have edited Matt Sandy many years back. I haven't used my account for quite some time and was going to make some additions to R/Stats pages when I noticed my username is no longer valid. I would like to change it to either MattSandy, Matt-Sandy, or MattMN if possible. — MattIndustries (talk) 23:58, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Looking at the different revisions of the deleted page, those seem to be different people of the same name.
 * MattSandy, I have unblocked your account since the block was only imposed for the username. That said, as Kuru mentioned above, your previous edits seem rather self-promotional. If you edit in that way again, you'll find yourself blocked again, this time for spam. If you intend to write about yourself, try Facebook, not Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 19:56, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * In reply to your email: Renaming the account is not automatic. Please use Special:GlobalRenameRequest or one of the alternatives explained at Changing username to request a change of username. Huon (talk) 19:56, 26 April 2018 (UTC)