JoeinMissouri

January 2018

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your user subpage at User:Agogie may not meet Wikipedia's user page guideline. If you believe that your user page does not violate our guideline, please leave a note on this page. Alternatively, you may add {{Db-u1}} to the top of the page in question and an administrator will delete it, or you can simply edit the page so that it meets Wikipedia's user page guideline. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 00:23, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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 or request a change of username.

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 ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

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 ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 12:53, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NAMECHANGE =JoeinMissouri is this how i'd change the username to a non-violation user name? I assume if i can make a new user name, then i can write an article on the AGOGIE company, correct?

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Agogie

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Agogie, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. L3X1 Become a New Page Patroller! (distænt write) 15:22, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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).

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

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Request reason:

How is this a promotion of a business? The article is written as an information post that their is a company called AGOGIE and how it was started. This is no different then postings of other companies like Nike, Under Amour or any other company. The AGOGIE company does operate in multiple countries and works with celebrity athletes around the world. Please explain why this is promotion to state that their is a company called AGOGIE and what is does?

Decline reason:

The block is due to your user name, which matches that of the organization. Per our rules regarding usernames you must choose a different name if you wish to continue editing. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:12, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

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

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

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

trying to comply with username guidelines

Accept reason:

Please, take some time to read and understand:

• Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory,
• conflict of interest prevents you from editing about your company,
• To be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable.

Changing the username will not allow you to violate the three important principles above. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:28, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

• I have globally renamed 'Agogie' to 'JoeinMissouri'. However, I am not prepared to unblock you at the moment. Firstly you need to declare your connection with the company (see WP:PAID and WP:COI) and secondly show an understanding of WP:ORG. An indication of what edits you would like to make unconnected with this company would also help. Just Chilling (talk) 21:12, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
  • @Just Chilling and Alexf: Consensus is that users soft-blocked for username issues should not have to answer further questions as a prerequisite to unblocking after the username issue has been addressed (see here). Do you mind if I unblock? Vanjagenije (talk) 19:27, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

@Vanjagenije: Actually, in this case I do mind. Softblock was used because the editing was not blatant, in that user had not created an article on the company, only mentioned it in their user page, and exactly matched the username. That said, his response does not fill me with confidence there will not be COI editing forthcoming, User should understand these issues and confirm he has read, and understood the pages linked to the explanations. -- Alexf^(talk) 21:50, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

@Alexf: In cases like this one, you should use hard block. As you see from the link I provided, soft block is only for cases where username issue is the only issue. This is very confusing, as you do not agree with unblocking, yet in the blocking message above, you are asking the user to take a moment to create a new account. Vanjagenije (talk) 21:53, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

@Vanjagenije: Noted as you are correct. Proceed at your own discretion. -- Alexf^(talk) 22:06, 4 February 2018 (UTC)