Mnhs cm01
Welcome!
Hello, Mnhs cm01, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Tutorial
- How to edit a page and How to develop articles
- How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using 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 your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Jonathunder (talk) 17:15, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
July 2010
edit
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, 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 it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use 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/Organization 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, or organization. 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 or organization. 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. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
{{unblock-spamun|CultureSectorPro|I understand that my user name includes the acronym "mnhs" and that my user name has been considered promotional because "mnhs" is part of the domain name of the cultural heritage institution where I am employed as an archivist. I would like to change my user name to CultureSectorPro because the links I have added are "encouraged" in the conflict of interest provision for subject and culture sector professionals who may share "information with Wikipedia in the form of links to their resources." If unblocked, I would like to continue editing pages in order to add external links to the inventories of primary sources (archives, records, personal papers, manuscripts, oral histories, etc.). Mnhs cm01 (talk) 23:04, 28 July 2010 (UTC)}}
- Please be sure to apply for the name change before anything else. It would also be a good idea to drop a note on the discussion pages of articles you are adding links to, simply to annotate the reason for the addition. It may help you avoid the appearance of COI. Also note that we strongly prefer referenced content over more links.. :) Kuru (talk) 15:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)