User talk:WBGGarden

April 2020
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June 2023
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for promotion or advertising. -- VViking Talk Edits 18:40, 30 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi... I don't understand what I did wrong. Everything is factual - not intended to be "self-promoting". Both the Google and Bing search engines are showing a snippet of this Wikipedia entry that is very old and out of date.  Will everything be okay if I delete the external link to ArbNet? WBGGarden (talk) 18:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

 Many people come to edit Wikipedia with mistaken ideas as to the nature of Wikipedia, and in perfectly good faith do things which are not in line with Wikipedia policies, and unfortunately you seem to have done so. The account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia's content policy, and both your editing history and your username indicate that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of this page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. 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:
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Before making any unblock request, you should read the guide to appealing blocks. JBW (talk) 20:29, 30 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Ah... I think I understand, but let me ask this question:
 * If I create a personal account with my own name and email, are the edits that I was trying to post acceptable? The information I am trying to add is an update and 100% factual. WBGGarden (talk) 21:46, 30 June 2023 (UTC)