User talk:Strathcona County

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Strathcona County, 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 can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.  Whispe ring  15:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (it was created to edit update some outdated information about the municipality of Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. User will revise / change / delete the inadvertent marketing information from the user page.) --199.185.240.254 (talk) 15:18, 22 May 2014 (UTC)


 * This username will almost certainly be blocked for violating the WP:ORGNAME provision of Wikipedia's username policy, unless an immediate request for a change of username is made. Even if new username is requested, the user would be well-advised to read Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide before making any further edits. --Drm310 (talk) 15:25, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Strathcona County, 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.
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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. Daniel Case (talk) 16:43, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Despite the fact that the blocking administrator has given you a block notice saying "Your username is the only reason for this block", that is not, in fact, the only problem. There is also the fact that you have posted unambiguously promotion content to Wikipedia, at User:Strathcona County. Using Wikipedia for promotion is contrary to Wikipedia policy. If you wish to be unblocked, you will therefore need not only to propose a change of username, but also to assure us that your future editing will not be promotional. If you wish to do that, 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.
 * The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:19, 23 May 2014 (UTC)