User talk:BBJerr

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Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
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.

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Unblock Request

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.

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

Requested username:

JellyBelly1979 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I understand why I was blocked because my previous username, BandboxEditor, indicated an affiliation with a company. While I am an employee of Bandbox, they do not pay me to make Wiki edits. I am paid to interview bands and musicians for our fanzines. I have several hours of interviews and want to share tidbits that I think fans will find interesting and that will help enrich their understanding and appreciation of these bands and their albums. Because these interviews are published in fanzines that come with Bandbox records, I am not sure how to properly cite them without linking the Bandbox homepage. Since we are a for-profit business, I do understand that linking to the homepage looks like self promotion. I didn't intend for this to be the case; rather, I didn't know how to cite this without linking the website. In the future, if I am unlocked, I will cite the source as a print fanzine and leave out any link to our homepage. I don't want to promote the business, but I do wish to share the intriguing quotes from the wonderful and talented artists I've had the opportunity to speak to. Thank you for your consideration. BBJerr (talk) 19:31, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You are considered by our rules to be a paid editor, you do not have to be specifically paid to edit or specifically instructed to edit. Please read WP:PAID and WP:COI and tell us how your future contributions will be consistent with those policies(hint), as well as any topics you might edit about as a general contributor that are unrelated to your conflict of interest. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 21:15, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]