ShowingTimeOfficial

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "ShowingTimeOfficial", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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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).

ShowingTimeOfficial (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:

I believe, respectfully, that the blocking of my account was unwarranted. First, I had in fact disclosed that I am being compensated for my submission on my User Page, as required: "This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by ShowingTime for their contributions to Wikipedia." It also should be noted that I had submitted a name change request to adhere to required naming conventions and did so prior to submitting the page for review, albeit to no avail as this account was blocked prior to the request being approved. Additionally, I believe ShowingTime meets the notability criteria needed to justify the publication of the page as submitted. ShowingTime has earned significant independent coverage from both trade and consumer media during its more than 20 years of operation as a residential real estate technology provider, some of which was referenced in the initial draft of this page. The page included matter-of-fact acknowledgements of the company's history, each properly cited, and did not actively promote any ShowingTime product (The 'Showing Index' referenced within the text of the page is not a product, but rather a freely accessible index of national home buyer activity, the data from which has been cited in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post). ShowingTimeOfficial (talk) 13:41, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Please follow the instructions in the block message for requesting a new username, as you will not be allowed to edit using "ShowingTimeOfficial". Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:17, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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