User talk:WAOP

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:WAOP/Western Academy of Photography


A tag has been placed on User:WAOP/Western Academy of Photography, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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 render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Wuh Wuz  Dat  18:45, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely because its username is a blatant violation of our username policy – it is obviously profane; threatens, attacks or impersonates another person; or suggests that your intention is not to contribute to the encyclopedia (see our blocking and username policies for more information). We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, but users are not allowed to edit with inappropriate usernames, and trolling or other disruptive behavior is not tolerated. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. &mdash; RHaworth 21:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Your username is not offensive, merely promotional. Any username which reflects to name of any organisation or business, whether profit-making or not, automatically becomes promotional in wikipedia terms if the user edits about the subject after which they are named. Nothing personal, that's the rule. Please apply for a change of name using the template unblock-un.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 22:10, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * For me, I would of saw it when you edited and made Western Academy of Photography. Also, what username would you want it to be now?  I am not an administrator.  Awesome  EBE123  talkContribs 22:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Just curious, how is mine promotional while EmilyCarrPR is not? That seems far more blatantly promotional then mine was. Just wondering, not looking to cause trouble or anything.
 * WP:NOTTHEM - we may miss the odd promotional name, someone will get round to it - not that I can see a User:EmilyCarrPR at present... If you get unblocked then you are quite welcome to place   on their talk page. Yours is promotional because WAOP is obviously linkable to the article you were writing about.  FInally a couple of questions Here are a few key questions:


 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the three important principles above.
 * For the record, EmilyCarrPR made only one edit, which I concede without argument was promotional; but it was two years ago and the editor has done nothing since, so the report is stale. That editor will be blocked if any further promotional edits are made by him/her.

--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 10:50, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I am slightly curious as to how this user knows about the EmilyCarrPR account. I seem to remember it vaguely, and the name is all over Twitter and such, but it's not one you'd find easily here to use for an example. Peridon (talk) 17:54, 25 March 2011 (UTC)