User talk:Sacredland

Hello, Sacredland! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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Please discuss your linkadditions to sacredland on talkpages or with a wikiproject. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:57, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

June 2008

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did to Lake Cowal, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Bidgee (talk) 23:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Lake Baikal, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia.

Please stop with this self-promotion. Seek contact with established editors on the talkpage or on an appropriate wikiproject first. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 23:56, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lake Cowal

I'm sorry but you can't add anything which is from Sacredland.org since you have a Conflict of Interest with the site which also means that you're also adding original research which Wikipedia has a policy no original research. Bidgee (talk) 00:03, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I answered to you, Sacredland, on my talkpage. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 00:12, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

username block

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia, because it has been identified as an account used for promotion of a company or group, with a username that implies that this has been done by that company or group. See Wikipedia:Business' FAQ and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia policies. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.

You may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below or emailing the administrator who blocked you.

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Daniel Case (talk) 02:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

Request reason:

I think that my account should be unblocked because of confusion regarding the username. I realize how it looks, but it was not at all intended as a method of promotion - the Sacred Land Film Project is a non-profit organization sponsored by the Earth Island Institute and currently maintains 501(c)(3) legal status. I merely wanted to use the Sacredland website because it provides reports on various sacred places around the world and contains a lot of information that many of the Wikipedia articles could use. All of the information I added was neutral and useful to the pre-existing pages and was not designed to promote Sacredland's views. I assure you that my only intention was to improve the articles with what I found to be a helpful and thorough external link. I've never edited Wikipedia before, and I unintentionally chose a questionable username. For this reason, I'm requesting to be unblocked so I can edit articles again with a less confusing name and with absolutely no intention of "spamming". Thank you.

Decline reason:

Please choose a new username and answer Daniel's question underneath — Spartaz ^Humbug! 17:19, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Sacredland (talk) 16:35, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a note for the blocking admin. –xenocidic (talk) 17:58, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You were softblocked, so it would be easier for us and you if you went and opened a new account under an acceptable username (please feel free to run any suggestions by us). Do you have any interest in editing other than adding that link, though? Daniel Case (talk) 23:41, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay - I was out of town for a few days. I still have interest in adding information from sacredland.org to various articles, but I can assure you that I'm merely a student interested in improving the existing articles on Wikipedia. I was looking around the sacredland site and I found reference pages and resources for almost every article it had, which I hope shows the reliability of the site. I would also think about editing articles on other topics, particularly related to linguistics (another academic interest). I hope this answers the question. I also created the username LHCAUSA before I left on vacation. It is a reference to my hometown, but please let me know if it is somehow unacceptable.Sacredland (talk) 21:27, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]