GPAmember

What does you mean by "persistant" spamming? I am confused as to why an ethical association is being accused of spamming when we just put our link under external links. There were other companies listed under there. Why were we the only ones blocked? And this goes for our wikipage as well. Why were we accused of spamming on our page?

GPAmember (talk) 16:24, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Shameless conflict of interest

Hello, GPAmember. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Grant (money), you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:50, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended 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?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will probably not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you do intend to make useful contributions about 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, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

--Orange Mike | Talk 18:50, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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.

GPAmember (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:

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

Request reason:

Misunderstanding of Wiki usage

Decline reason:

Due to your persistent spamming of your company to Grant (money), I don't feel confident about letting you edit again. Max Semenik (talk) 21:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

My user account "GPAmember" was blocked today. I am very new to Wikipedia and did not understand the usage details. Now that I understand what you can and can't use Wikipedia for, I promise to not make that same mistake again (advertising our association's products). My association is based on a Code of Ethics and we strongly adhere to these ethics. I did not mean to abuse Wikipedia by any means. My intention was to update our association's information as most of it was out of date.

Thank you.

GPAmember (talk) 21:02, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Restore original entry?

Is it possible for you to please restore the original entry (AAGP) back? It is not the organization's fault nor the original person that wrote the article to be penalized for my stupidity.

Thanks. GPAmember (talk) 16:48, 26 July 2012 (UTC)