User talk:PaulTeddySam

65.123.141.190 (talk) 21:28, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

How can I rectify this? My entire building has now been blocked from Wikipedia. How do I change my username and not have it be considered spamming? Thanks!

UCRealEstatePR (talk) 15:45, 18 February 2013 (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 3 important principles above. JohnCD (talk) 17:01, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

JohnCD (talk) 17:04, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

So, now that you know that you can't make edits related to your employer, what are you intending to do if unblocked? Max Semenik (talk) 20:32, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Where do I go from here?

UCRealEstatePR (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Very well, I have unblocked you. Welcome to Wikipedia. Please request a username change at WP:CHU as soon as possible. Please understand that (though we do not explain it as well as we should to new users) Wikipedia is quite different from the "notice-board" sites like Myspace and Facebook which are designed for people and organizations to write about themselves. In any editing to do with your employer, you should follow the principles in Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest - suggest changes, do not make them directly.


 * To answer your question about how to tell who is an admin: most admins will have some indication on their user page, see for instance the top one of the column of "userboxes" at top right of User:JohnCD. The definitive way to tell is to go to a user's talk page or user page, click on "User contributions" under "Toolbox" in the left hand margin, and then at the bottom of that page click on "User rights", which will show something like this. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:46, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, JohnCD. I appreciate your patience. Wikipedia has a pretty steep learning curve. I will take what you have told me to heart and try my best not to violate the policies.

65.123.141.190 (talk) 21:50, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

I have submitted the username change request. Thanks again User:JohnCD. You were a great help.

UCRealEstatePR (talk) 22:05, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Edits related to your employer
You can find more regarding editing (actively) about you and your employer here Conflict of interest and more specifically Writing about yourself and people you know and Advice for editors who may have a conflict of interest. Cheers. Mlpearc ( powwow ) 22:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Mlpearc! That looks like it will be very useful. I see it talks about suggesting edits to entries. Would this be the same way one would suggest and discuss the possibility of a new entry? PaulTeddySam (talk) 23:35, 18 February 2013 (UTC)