User talk:Shawnpigg

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --Hotels Etc Travel Club (talk) 15:07, 21 May 2013 (UTC)It was a mistake from my marketing department and they are correcting the issue now. I will follow through to make sure they do not break your terms of use. We have no desire to use your system for spam or advertising. The issue will be fixed now.

May 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from User:Shawnpigg, a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Click here to contest this speedy deletion and appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the page's talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. —teb728 t c 21:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Please change your promotional signature. Such a name would be forbidden as a username by WP:SPAMNAME. And per WP:IU the same criteria also apply to signatures. —teb728 t c 21:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I notice that you say your marketing department is correcting the issue of your promotional userpage. This seems to imply that they will be editing using your user account. That is not allowed: Accounts may not be shared; each person must have their own account. Indeed your marketing department should not be editing Wikipedia at all; for their function is strictly promotional. —teb728 t c 21:57, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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.
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 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


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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.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  05:20, 22 May 2013 (UTC)