User talk:Capewinelandsairfield

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Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Fisantekraal Airfield, and I noticed that your username, "Capewinelandsairfield", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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I temporarily un-did the change to Fisantekraal Airfield

Please put a note on Talk:Fisantekraal Airfield with evidence from reliable sources which are not connected to the airport or its owners or managers that will verify that the name has changed. Put the following in your message:

Once that is done, someone with no "conflict of interest" in the topic will make the change and move the page for you. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:19, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

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--TheSandDoctor ^Talk 00:30, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Changes

Good Day

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. Need clarification on status of renaming.

I work for the company who owns the Cape Winelands Airfield. We have renamed it to Cape Winelands Airport as it is more correct and accurate, and because our operating license has been issued in the name of Cape Winelands Airport, not Airfield. Our Google Business Account is also in the name of Cape Winelands Airport.

Please could you therefore change the title of the page to "Cape Winelands Airport"? If required, I can provide a copy of our operating license issued by the South African Civil Aviation Authority which is in the correct name of "Cape Winelands Airport".

Thanks

--Capewinelandsairfield (talk) 12:00, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there! Is this your website? I am reluctant to change the article's title when what appears to be Cape Winelands' official website and Twitter still go by "Airfield." Please clarify if your renaming has been finalized. If it is not yet final, please submit a second edit request when the renaming is indeed complete. Best, Altamel (talk) 02:47, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good Day

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I appreciate your response and understand your reasoning for declining my request. The renaming is complete and we have now updated our Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts to "Airport". Our website is taking a bit longer because we are making some wholesale changes.

Please see below for links to our social media accounts which all contain the updated name, as well as a media article published today with confirmation from our director of the new name:

https://www.biznews.com/sa-investing/2021/03/02/rob-hersov-lanseria-of-cape-town Twitter: @cw_airport Instagram: @cape_winelands_aero LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cape-winelands-airport

Thanks --Capewinelandsairfield (talk) 20:45, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. With the updated website, it appears that the renaming is complete. Additionally, I have independently determined that "Cape Winelands Airfield" is the WP:COMMONNAME for the article subject, as a Google search of results from within the last month shows that "Airfield" is used more commonly than "Airport." Considering that you are only blocked because of your username, I have gone ahead and completed your request. Altamel (talk) 03:47, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Changes v2

Hi there

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Following from my first request and it's resulting decline of it, we have updated all of our social media pages and website from "Airfield" to "Airport" as well. This Wikipedia page is now the last to be renamed.

I trust that this is now in order and that there is no more evidence of bias, and that this page could therefore be renamed to "Cape Winelands Airport".

Thanks --Capewinelandsairfield (talk) 21:32, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]