User talk:Stingsports

Username issue
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Stingsports", 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 invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack 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. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, 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.  Velella  Velella Talk 00:52, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Stingsports


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Stingsports, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Britty192 (talk) 01:26, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... We will edit this page to be informative only and remove the inclination of an advertisement. Thanks --Stingsports (talk) 01:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid the problem goes beyond your userpage, which by the way, is not an encyclopedia article. Your username violates Wikipedia's username policy, which disallows accounts to be named after businesses or organizations. --Drm310 (talk) 05:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

March 2016
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing, because this account has been used only for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia's content policy. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is against Wikipedia's policy: an account is for an individual, not a group. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free advertising service.

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 this 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 this 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 below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:11, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Note that we do not permit shared/role accounts (see WP:Username policy and the section underneath). All accounts need to have one and only one person using them. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 23:13, 3 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Please use to contest this block, as any unblock will require a rename; see the link I posted above. — Jeremy   v^_^v  Bori! 17:55, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Comment
Ohnoitsjamie, provided the user sticks to the undertakings given, I'm prepared to WP:AGF and I won't object to an unblock if that's the consensus Jimfbleak - talk to me?  19:07, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Could you at least inform me that you reverted my edit?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:06, 7 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I assume that was a mistake, since I can't see any conceivable reason for deliberately reverting the instruction to use the "unblock-un" template, so I have restored Vanjagenije's edit. Jimfbleak, if by any chance it was deliberate, please let me know. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 22:02, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
 * , apologies, I have no idea how I managed to do that, certainly not intended. I assume I poked something while viewing the diff, mea culpa. Thanks JamesBWatson, hope I've not done something equally stupid this time Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)