User talk:Airthom

I was under the impression that this page would be to define what this user is or is for... answering that question was deleted. What then would be the purpose of a user page?

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

What can I do now?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:

Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} on your user talk page.
Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy.
Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:

Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block.

--Orange Mike | Talk 15:54, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I was initially only trying to add my photos using the username of the twitter account I use, I did not intend to break rules about promoting. I am trying to enrich an article with my photo. I made a request to become a confirmed user if you would like additional details I would be happy to provide.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Daniel Case (talk) 18:00, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

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. TN X Man 16:28, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I do understand now. Initially when I made the edit to my page I didn't understand that it was an article and mistook it for just a profile page like other sites. This was my fault for not understanding the user page.

I do understand a conflict of interest and I don't intend to post about my own business. The purpose of my account was to upload a photo of mine to an article.

I do understand the notable clause for an article and I do not intend to recreate a Solar Flare Photography article.

I apologize for not fully understanding the rules of a user page before editing mine and I don't intend to create any more content before fully understanding the rules around it. I have been reading the Non-Free use policy for adding one of my images to an article with no current image and that is my only current purpose for being here.

New account

If you don't wish to wait until someone responds to your Request for ursurpation, please create a different account using an unused name. I can create it for you if you wish. User:Fred Bauder Talk 20:25, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]