User talk:Matt Darey

Welcome!

Hello, Matt Darey, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 05:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
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February 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Matt Darey, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.

The requirement for reliable sources holds for every editor, whether they are related to the subject or not. For those editors who are related to subjects, please see the additional guidelines on conflicts of interest and autobiographies. —C.Fred (talk) 05:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

About your username
Quoting the portion of the Wikipedia username policy concerning real names: "Do not register a username that includes the name of an identifiable living person unless it is your real name. If you share a name with a well-known person, you need to make it clear that you are not the well-known person of that name. Such usernames may be blocked as a precaution, until proof of identity is provided." If you wish to provide such proof, please do so via email, not on this talk page, for protection of your privacy. Instructions can be found at WP:OTRS; it looks like you will either want the contact emails info-en@wikimedia.org or info-en-o@wikimedia.org.

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Matt Darey, 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).''' 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. 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.
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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. —C.Fred (talk) 16:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)