User talk:Annaturtle21

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Hello, Eurocitygibraltar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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There have been two problems identified with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, 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 {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 kind of 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 {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 16:07, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Annaturtle21 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

annaturtle21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

As previously mentioned I am totally new to wikipedia and when making up a username I used the closest thing to hand which was the page I was writing about - I unfortunately did not read the guidelines and see that this is against wikipedia policy. I understand now why the username was blocked and would like to change it to a variation of my private name (I have read the guidelines now and believe it should be an acceptable choice, and have checked and it is available). I promise to do my best to contribute to wikipedia, particularly in regards to articles to do with Gibraltar, but I'm still learning the ropes, my bad for the username).

Decline reason:

The username issue is resolved. That does not, however, address the blatantly promotional content of your draft. If you are paid by Eurocity, directly or indirectly, you'll also need to disclose that. Huon (talk) 17:11, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've done the rename, from User:Eurocitygibraltar. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:06, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]