User talk:ResearchinAsia

I have now filed for a name change.

June 2010
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, APCTN, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it represents a company or group; your user account should represent only a single individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you.  Giftiger Wunsch    [TALK]  23:47, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used 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, 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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organization 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, or organization. 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 or organization. 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, please see how to appeal a block. - Vianello (Talk) 23:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

This does seem rather fair, but there are two issues: One is that accounts are intended for individuals, not groups. The other is the policy regarding WP:Conflict of interest, which strongly discourages editing on subjects to which one has substantial personal connection. Would you be all right with at least a change of username so the account name does not reflect the group? I must also caution you that probably the majority of companies about which Wikipedia articles are submitted do not meet the notability criteria for inclusion. There is a very good chance yours would not as well, and thus that it is a moot point to desire to write about it. Check WP:CORP for guidelines on what qualifies an organization or business as notable. - Vianello (Talk) 04:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)