User talk:Thesmilefacemuseum

May 2014
Hello, I'm Katieh5584. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page Smiley, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Katieh5584 (talk) 16:35, 2 May 2014 (UTC)


 * No spam intended. Need reference for "smile" name usage - which is common usage. Documented in The Smile Face Museum archives. Is another referenced preferred?


 * The www.thesmilefacemuseum.com site contains several histories of the smile (smiley) face. It is a Museum dedicated to the topic, which is relavent as reference for this article.


 * Apologies, this is our first use of Wikipedia for editing, and very interested in the proper formatting for this edit. Thesmilefacemuseum (talk) 16:54, 2 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Several problems here:
 * Your use of "we" implies that this account is shared, which is prohibited, and grounds for immediate blocking as a compromised account.
 * Organizations, groups, companies, etc. cannot have accounts. Only people, as individuals, may have accounts. An account named after an organization is also grounds for blocking.
 * Your addition of an external link to your own web site is spamming, regardless of how you want to characterize it. WP:ELNO has guidance on external links that are not appropriate. Wikipedia is not a promotion or publicity medium, and must never be used for that purpose.
 * In view of the above, I have no choice but to block this account. After reviewing the policies and guidelines linked in the message below, you may appeal the block by following the instructions below. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:32, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Blocked
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you want corrections and improvements to be made, or concerns to be considered, we will always take seriously reports about possible unlawful content, defamation, minors at risk, copyright violation, and privacy breach.  However any other requests must meet our content policies - we won't consider requests if not . As a simple guide, changes of a promotional nature are almost always refused, but genuine errors, omissions, unbalanced and non-neutral coverage, and outdated facts may sometimes be accepted if other editors agree with you.

If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * 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.

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. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:32, 2 May 2014 (UTC)