User talk:Antpettifer7

I am new here. Hope to make occasional contributions and learn my way gradually.

July 2015

Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! ukexpat (talk) 18:03, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

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--Orange Mike | Talk 00:12, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Antpettifer7 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

antpettifer7 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I believe I was blocked due to an inappropriate user name and an inappropriate external link in the Montagu Marks' edit's sources. I chose my old name,'brandstormasia', since I did not want to use my real name and it was convenient. This name was not blocked last year when I did an edit on film actor 'Vithaya Pansringarm' wikipedia page, but I now know that it could be thought of as promoting a company. This was not my intention and I have never mentioned 'brandstormasia' in any edits nor made any links to its website from Wikipedia. I propose to change my name to 'antpettifer7' if this is allowed. It believe I was also blocked for linking my edit on 'Montagu Marks' to 'montyandstellamarks.com' as a source (there is a full page of third-party press references in that website that I thought would be useful additional source information). I am the author of the montyandstellamarks.com website, which is a non-commercial and fact-based exploration into the history of my grandparents. I now see that linking to this website was inappropriate and I should remove the source link to it. I also could have been blocked due to Conflict of Interest since Montagu Marks is my grandfather. However, I tried to follow Wikipedia guidelines to be unbiased and only factual using third party sources. I believe that Montagu Marks is notable as can be seen from much historical press coverage, particularly regarding his role in the early history of the British Film industry. I have an interest in film (past and present) and in the History of the 20th century and wish to continue to contribute as a wikipedia editor. As I wrote as the first words in this user talk: "I hope to make occasional contributions and learn my way gradually". I have learned from this block.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Huon (talk) 10:29, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Brandstormasia (talk) 10:14, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies to Administrators who maybe trying to locate my block in the logs, but I cannot find the unblock-auto code. I have tried to follow the guidance that appears after my "Request Reasons", which says "Blocked editor: Please also follow these instructions to help administrators locate your block in the logs." I have followed the instructions as far as I can. 1. My account name is visible on the top right of the page so I assume I am logged in. 2. trying to edit the sandbox shows I am still blocked. 3. I cannot see the code generated for me under the "IP blocked?" section. I have searched for it in the "What do I do now?" section, but since I cannot see it I also cannot click a "show" button to show the text. 4. Therefore I cannot paste the code at the bottom of this talk page. Brandstormasia (talk) 16:58, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have used the right template - the autoblock one is for people caught in someone else's block, not those directly blocked. As to your link, if you are the author or owner of a site, you should not link to it yourself. This applies to anybody and any institution. I've seen some top museums and libraries fall foul of that. Also, your current username is not acceptable because it seems to represent an organisation - but you don't have to use your real name. So long as it's not an organisation name or someone very well known. You can be 'Herbert Sparkle', 'DSR674J', or even 'Fairy Floss'. (We did have an admin called 'Boing! said Zebedee', and still have one called 'Catfish Jim and the Soapdish'.) Peridon (talk) 18:30, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your clarification. Regarding the inappropriate link I want to remove it. Can someone unlink it? I do not think I can since I am blocked. It is in Reference 5.Brandstormasia (talk) 04:06, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]