User talk:Thecrossbowstore

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, see: If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia: I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 00:10, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
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Conflict of interest and username concerns
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Thecrossbowstore", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website. Please note that Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or shared by multiple people. Please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 00:10, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Thecrossbowstore


A tag has been placed on User:Thecrossbowstore, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the 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 visit |the page's talk 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. You may freely add information to the page that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines. 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, as well as adding any citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. —C.Fred (talk) 00:16, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because we are a company that has an entity, TheCrossbowStore is a retailer with a large assortment of products from crossbows to archery bows to all the accessories in between. The company, which was founded by Xianru Zheng in 2004, is located in South El Monte, California.

Thecrossbowstore (talk) 00:29, 25 July 2012 (UTC) Steven


 * So, you concede that this account is set up to represent a group and is inappropriately named? —C.Fred (talk) 00:56, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:55, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Well basically we are a privately owned retailer of hunting, fishing, camping and other related outdoor recreation merchandise. We do apologize if we broke one of the rules. IS there away in which we can have this resolve without losing our account here on wikipedia. Thank you for your assistance.
 * You are free to simply sign up with a different username, or you may request a name change by following directions at Changing username. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:28, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Though even with a new username, you are still bound by the prohibitions against blatant advertising and should edit carefully about your store or any other topic where you have a conflict of interest. —C.Fred (talk) 23:03, 26 July 2012 (UTC)