User talk:WHSmithcomms

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W H Smith
Hello, I have reverted your changes to this article, at least temporarily, as you appear to be breaking the rules of Wikipedia by removing hatnotes, references and introducing promotional material that may not belong on Wikipedia. Wikipeadia is an encyclopaedia, not for marketing or promotion of a company. I do see that you have made some valid changes (such as changing the CEO to Kate Swann) so I will attempt to rescue what content I can and re-add it to the article. Thanks. Stephenb (Talk) 16:02, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * On second view, it seems you were copying material directly from |here - you should beware that Wikipedia does not tolerate copyright violations, so please don't do it again. Thanks. Stephenb (Talk) 16:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * They won't be:

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, webside 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. 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 again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

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 * 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:
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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. Daniel Case (talk) 16:10, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Also, I think you would have done better to review the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia before editing at all, as per the Welcome links above. Also, I don't quite believe you: you added spaces between the "W" and "H" in the article, and even the company's web site uses "WH Smith PLC" in its copyright, for instance.  Note that I have changed the financial details (to the 2012 results) and CEO for you. Stephenb (Talk) 16:33, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * You'll have to convince the project that you won't be editing any article in the future with which you have conflict of interest ... then we'll unblock, and show you where to change your username. Of course, seeing as you won't be able to promote, you'll definitely need to rethink whether you need an account on Wikipedia at all (✉→BWilkins←✎) 17:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like you still don't completely understand about WP:SPAM and WP:NPOV. And WP:COI. Peridon (talk) 11:40, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

First, you are only permitted to have 1 active unblock request. Any additional "comments" should be simply done as comments. Second, the unblock templates you are using are inappropriate anyway: you were clearly advised that this userid may never be used on Wikipedia. You were advised that the correct template to use is. Third, in that "Your reason here" you need to prove that you're not going to spam or violate COI - although some of your proposed changes are ok, you then go into details that include spam/WP:PROMO. If you are permitted to change your username, you ARE permitted to suggest changes on the article talkpage in order to obtain WP:CONSENSUS for them when it comes to articles with which you have WP:COI. Any future unblock request that does NOT show us that you have even taken a cursory glance at WP:GAB will result in this talkpage being locked for abusing the unblock process (✉→BWilkins←✎) 10:42, 10 November 2012 (UTC)