User talk:Sixties Scoop Network

January 2018
Hello, I'm 331dot. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Sixties Scoop have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 14:36, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Sixties Scoop Network", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 14:37, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

January 2018
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of 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 at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Yunshui 雲 水 14:38, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Edits to Sixties Scoop have been blocked. These links are vital to providing more information about the Sixties Scoop

The edits are informational and vital to research involving the sixties scoop.
 * As indicated above, your username is problematic as it is that of a group. Regarding your post, it was a clear advertisement for your organization. 331dot (talk) 14:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * A change of username alone will not get beyond the issue of blatant promotion. —C.Fred (talk) 14:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

--UTRSBot (talk) 14:59, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Promotional editing
Note that your editing has indeed been in violation of WP:COI and WP:PROMO. Note that Wikipedia is not taking a stance against your organisation or network, only about your promotional edits. While it is highly unlikely that you'll be unblocked, I'd be happy to suggest an edit on that article's talk page. It might be that the external link, for example, might be appropriate in the article. I'm not qualified to judge, but if you like, I'd be happy to suggest that, over at Talk:Sixties Scoop for you. --Yamla (talk) 15:21, 26 January 2018 (UTC)