User talk:Rashaad (Entertainer)

Since that's your real name, that's fine. However:

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. Daniel Case (talk) 04:58, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Note I've deleted User:Rashaad (Entertainer)/sandbox due to it being in the right place but still completely and inappropriately promotional. The material can still be restored for AFC submission and review, but I'd rather we do that once it's under the AFC banner because otherwise someone will inevitably tag for deletion again and that will be even more frustrating. This account should also be of interest to reviewing admins, as pointed out by above. § FreeRangeFrog  croak 21:22, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

July 2014
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Rashaad (Entertainer), 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. § FreeRangeFrog croak 06:16, 12 July 2014 (UTC)


 * A summary of what went wrong here, to answer your query via email:


 * You created an article about yourself, which is strongly discouraged because you have a conflict of interest.
 * You created an article on a user page, which is not allowed. When that was deleted, you pasted it into the talk page (even worse)
 * Your article was extremely promotional. It read like something a publicist would put on a website or a press release.
 * No one is entitled to a biography on Wikipedia by association. You must meet the notability guidelines on your own, by proving there is substantial coverage about you on reliable media sources.
 * You may not create an article about Rashaad (Entertainer) under a user account called Rashaad (Entertainer). So you'll either have to abandon this account, or request that it be renamed.


 * So, what's next: You need to request that you be unblocked following the instructions above, and indicate to the reviewing admin that you understand all this. Then, create another account. Then I'd be fine with restoring the content you created into a draft, and have you work on it until it is ready, at which time you can submit it for review. I will be watching this talk page. § FreeRangeFrog croak 22:14, 12 July 2014 (UTC)