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Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 09:50, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 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) 11:47, 6 June 2014 (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.

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

to comply with name policy Northcotemusic (talk) 21:13, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Merbear appears to have been created in 2005. the panda ₯’ 18:42, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That name's OK, but consider the following:

Here are a few key questions:

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. Daniel Case (talk) 22:07, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you Daniel Case, "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." I have done just this. Merbear represents me as an individual. I am not directly related to Northcote (I am not Northcote, nor am I part of his labels) I am not making this page as promotion. I am aware that most the of artists that Northcote tours with have wikipedia pages, and it therefore felt appropriate to create one for the project. Further, Northcote does meet "notability guidelines". Northcotemusic (talk) 14:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you Daniel Case, "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." I have done just this. Merbear represents me as an individual. I am not directly related to Northcote (I am not Northcote, nor am I part of his labels) I am not making this page as promotion. I am aware that most the of artists that Northcote tours with have wikipedia pages, and it therefore felt appropriate to create one for the project. Further, Northcote does meet "notability guidelines". Northcotemusic (talk) 14:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)Northcotemusic (talk) 22:41, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]