User talk:Signavong

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16:09, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Thousandmilemedia, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 17:10, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your user name

Are you in any way connected with the company Thousand Mile Media? DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 17:13, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have worked for them in the past, yes.

Then I am going to ask you please to change your user name at Wikipedia:Changing username. According to the WP:ORGNAME section of our Username policy he following types of usernames are not permitted because they are considered promotional: Usernames that unambiguously represent the name of a company, group, institution or product (e.g. TownvilleWidgets, MyWidgetsUSA.com, TrammelMuseumofArt). Such a name also implies shared use, whethr it is actually shared or not. Editors may be blocked from editing when using such a name. I have blocked quite a few in the past. In this case, you do not seem to have edited any articles connected with the company, so i prefer to ask you politely to make the change. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:20, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will do that, thank you. I was able to change my signature in the preferences section, but my username has not changed. Do you have a direct link to where I can change the username? I can't seem to find that on the page you provided.

Scratch that, I found the link at the bottom. Thank you.

(edit conflict) The directions are at Wikipedia:Changing username. Actual changing can be done at Special:GlobalRenameRequest (requires a confirmed email), or at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:37, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In future please sign posts on talk pages (user or article) and discussion pages (such as the Teahouse) with four tildes (~~~~). The wiki software will convert this to a link to your user page, or your custom sig if you have set one up, plus a timestamp. Thank you. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 22:37, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Roger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Signavong (talk • [[Special:Contributions/Signavongsignavong (talk) 22:50, 8 May 2018 (UTC)|contribs]]) 11:53, 8 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]