User talk:Dinogames77

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Username Change to Dinogames77

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September 2020

Your account has been blocked indefinitely 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, 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 your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:

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

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Dinogames77 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hi there HickoryOughtShirt?4, so sorry for the promotional username! This is not a shared account, and I'm just trying to follow the steps to edit the stub Games for Change wikipedia article. I am a COI and was told to use my user sandbox page to make the changes before I proposed them. I'd like to best contribute to the Video Games WikiProject and greater wikipedia community, and I hope that you'll be able to unblock me soon so that I can help support new changes. I will not be editing any articles myself, since I am a COI. Thank you very much, and please let me know if I need to do anything else to be unblocked.

Accept reason:

Accepted and renamed.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 13:32, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@HickoryOughtShirt?4:

Are there areas you intend to contribute to Wikipedia that are not Games for Change related? only (talk) 20:27, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The current Games for Change edit is my biggest priority, but it would be nice to support Wikipedia personally and outside of my job! I used to edit lots of Fandom / wikia pages in my spare time a few years back, but I never touched Wikipedia. The more I read about editing Wikipedia articles and this process, the more I'd like to contribute in other areas that I'm familiar with. There seems like a huge learning curve to making accepted edits and revisions, but it would certainly be something fun to learn and help support. Can we start with the username change? Gforc (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Hello - still waiting on a username change! Could you help me make this happen? When I first made the account, I recognize that I made a mistake. I'd like this account to be personal, and I'd like to support more than just the Games for Change page. I'd appreciate being unblocked so I can 1. request Games for Change edits via the proper COI channels and 2. Make my own edits to other pages with relevant sources and details. Gforc (talk) 14:10, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We need to wait for a global renamer to change your username. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:05, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

globally renamed Gforc to Dinogames77

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: globally renamed Gforc to Dinogames77 . --Deepfriedokra (talk) 05:48, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.