User talk:QBD - The Bookshop

Dear Administrator,

We understand that we have been blocked because our username looks misleading and seems like we are promoting a product. I wish to inform you that QBD - The Bookshop is the registered name of the organization. We are based in Brisbane Australia and the company owns 46 stores nationwide.

We are trying to create a wikipedia page because we have hundreds and thousands of followers on facebook and twitter who buy books on our website and physically from one of our 46 stores and many of them have appreciated the service the company provides and wish to share the rich history of the company with them on such a wonderful platform like wikipedia.

By no means are we trying to generate sales or marketing any product by misusing the space on wikipedia. The company has a wonderful history of 130 years and the story of its inception and growth needs to be told to the people out there.

We understand and adhere to the rules and policies of wikipedia and at no point of time will we try to evade those rules. The content of the test page that we entered may have looked like it was misleading, but we were just testing the page and then in the very first attempt we were blocked. At no point were we going to let the content of the page be the same and significant changes would have been made to ensure QBD - The Bookshop

We apologise for any inconvenience we may have caused, and we are determined to making our Wikipedia page informative to our readers by sharing our history and adding some images for their reference.

We sincerely request you to kindly grant us access to edit our pages and share our story online.

Regards,

QBD - The Bookshop


 * No way. Your response above merely confirms that you wish to continue breaking Wikipedia rules. . . Mean as custard (talk) 07:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Account blocked because of promotional use
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
 * What can I do now?


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
 * Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)