User talk:Investingjournal

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Investingjournal", 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, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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May 2016[edit]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Guy Spier. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 08:43, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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--Orange Mike | Talk 03:57, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

unblock-spamun|axmateen|I understand I was blocked for using a generic company name, and I apologize and request for the change in username, I am looking to contribute and adding value addition in the field and articles on Investing, Finance and Economic stubs and articles

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).

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Request reason:

I also understand I posted a external link, But I would say the link was very relevant and adds value to the article because it was a nice talk given by Guy Spier at Google on his famous book "The Education of a Value Investor", I saw the page does not list his talks at google, it would be beneficial for the reader to know about his speeches as well

Decline reason:

The link appears to have been to your own website. That's totally inappropriate. Yamla (talk) 13:10, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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