User talk:Grayspottery

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I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Gray's Pottery, which 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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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Grayspottery", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. C 679 11:35, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. If you prefer to be unblocked for the purpose of changing your username to a username which complies with our username policy, so that your contributions with this username are recorded as contributions of your new username and rather than creating a new account, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice instead. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As you have conflict of interest, you should only be editing the talkpage of the article in order to obtain WP:CONSENSUS for your edits - not editing the article directly (✉→BWilkins←✎) 16:20, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's only a recommendation - the idea of requiring it has been consistently rejected by the community. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 18:26, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The following is my proposed text for the second paragraph: The company was founded by, and named after, Albert Edward Gray (1871-1959).[2] Gray's business began in Stoke-upon-Trent (one of the six towns of the City of Stoke-on-Trent) in 1907 and became a production operation in Mayer Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent by 1912. It returned to Stoke-upon-Trent in 1933 and ceased by 1962. [4] The company, which was noted particularly for the quality of its design in the 1920s and 1930s,[5] took part in every British Industries Fair that was held between 1915 and 1951.[6] Please can you arrange to post this amendment.Grayspottery (talk) 08:29, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, blocking admin here. Everyone please note that this is fact a soft block. The point was to make it clear that the username is completely unacceptable, and also that promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, but the option was deliberately left open to just create an account with a non-infringing name. You are still free to do that at anytime if it is not super important to you to retain attribution for the few edits this account has made. If you would like to do that please remove the unblock request and then just create a new account, and please do be mindful of the issues discussed here. Thanks. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the editor is already editing with the new username Niblettgray (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). – C 679 19:45, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Allright then, I have turned off the request and we can consider the username aspect of this closed. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:47, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]