User talk:Thembadarkie

August 2018
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Thembadarkie, 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 below. 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 "Email this user" on their talk page.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:21, 22 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I did do a web search as this struck me as an odd name, and it also appears you may be intending to promote a clothing brand. Wikipedia does not allow protional editing regardless of the name you choose.


 * I realize standards are different in South Africa and that they have a different approach to racial language, but in much of the English-speaking world “darkie” is extremely offensive, so you absolutely can’t use it in your user name. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:25, 22 August 2018 (UTC)