User talk:Indianapolis Indians Marketing

Hello, Indianapolis Indians Marketing. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Last but not least: All contributors must not contribute content that violates conflict of interest laws (just as all contributors must respect copyright). The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is valid throughout the European Union. In a German court decision in 2012 (that also relied on the directive) regarding Wikipedia: "The court held that when a company edits a Wikipedia article, the resulting text falsely creates the impression that the edit has no business-related purpose. By implication, the judges found that the average reader of Wikipedia articles expects to find objective and neutral information." That is a very very important condition, comparable to the FTC Guide" that consumers are likely to believe reflects the opinions, beliefs, findings, or experience of a party other than the sponsoring advertiser”. This expectation by consumers of neutral information on Wikipedia, requires that companies not write "their" WP articles for PR/marketing purposes.

Editors who are compensated for their contributions should make the disclosure by placing the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template at the top of the talk page of affected articles and filling in the parameters. They should also supply this information as part of a list on their user page of all their paid contributions.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. When Other Legends Are Forgotten (talk) 16:13, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which 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 does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:19, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{unblock-un|Whitney at Indianapolis Indians Marketing|reason=I would like to unblock my account and show that I am an individual within the Indianapolis Indians Marketing team, instead of a group of people. [[Special:Contributions/97.78.193.130|97.78.193.130]] ([[User talk:97.78.193.130|talk]]) 19:16, 8 December 2015 (UTC)}}

Please confirm that you are the one who made the request by logging in and signing below. — Earwig ^talk 19:29, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indianapolis Indians Marketing (talk) 19:37, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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

Requested username:

Whitney at Indianapolis Indians Marketing (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I would like to unblock my account and show that I am an individual within the Indianapolis Indians Marketing team, instead of a group of people. Indianapolis Indians Marketing (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Selected username is fine, but no response to the questions below in a couple of weeks. only (talk) 12:53, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indianapolis Indians Marketing (talk) 19:41, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Indianapolis Indians Marketing (talk) 17:00, 11 December 2015 (UTC) Here are a few key questions:[reply]

Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Do you understand conflict of interest?
Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Diannaa (talk) 00:45, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]