User talk:Pgi mw

August 2021
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "IPCGSMarketing", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to represent an organisation. 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 by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 17:45, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website - I have blocked this account. Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a change of username of your current account here. The new username must represent only yourself as an individual and comply with Wikipedia's username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text   at the bottom of your talk page. 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. Thank you.


 * Yes, username has been changed and is fine. By "represents only me", do you mean that you are planning on being purely a regular editor (no paid work etc) or are you working for the organisation of your previous username? You've not broken any rules so either is fine, but if it's the latter you would need to add a paid disclosure once you could access your userpage again. Let me know and can hopefully be done shortly. Nosebagbear (talk) 08:56, 21 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I work for an automotive aftermarket supplier, Premium Guard, Inc., which owns a large family of proprietary brands while supplying some of the biggest names in automotive retail – Fram, STP, Autozone, Advance, O'Reilly, etc. I'm our B2B marketing manager, so the account would only be for my use. Happy to add paid disclosure if necessary. Pgi mw (talk) 14:47, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi PGI MW,
 * That's fine - as a softblock I'll unblock you directly. Please make sure to read the core additional rules below before progressing:
 * i) First up is that disclosure on your userpage, just remember that it needs the business and each page (that is, each article, but also drafts and similar) you are working on - prior to making any edit to it, to be safe.
 * ii) A reminder that you can't edit articles directly - the easiest way to comply is to use the edit request wizard to request changes. I'd usually advise several small requests rather than one large one, as it reduces the risk of a single issue with your request leading to it being declined. As always, specify what you want changing, where in the article, why you want it changed, and the source(s) backing up the change. If you're working from scratch, you can work on a WP:DRAFT directly yourself, but you'll need to use our review process to submit them (we suggest this for new edits anyway). WP:YFA covers that and the whole process.
 * iii) Just a practical note that as a paid editor, many will apply a lower threshold for what gets judged as "overly promotional" (though the risk is much reduced in requested form than direct edits), so be careful.
 * Best of luck editing (directly and otherwise)
 * Nosebagbear (talk) 20:09, 11 July 2023 (UTC)