User talk:Sgs agri

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?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. 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, 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 19:49, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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

Requested username:

sgs 74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I would like to change my username to sgs 74 because I live in 74, which is a department of France, called Haute-Savoie, I was born here and I can give and correct a lot of information about towns around me, which could be Swiss or French. For example Thonon les Bains is also known for it's water which is as famous as Evian water, we have mountains, ski and a lot of divertisment we can do in here, we also benefit from the diversity of the regions (french, swiss, german and italian) and have a lot of exhibitions. I would like not to quit sgs name because this was the reason why I created an account, but before now I did not take the time to correct information about my department and I understood I first have to collaborate and correct content before adding pages. I will be very pleased to give information on my region to english speaking people. thanks for it

Decline reason:

It was the SGS bit that was objected to, more than the agri. SGS is a company name - you have edited only in connection with the company. If you choose a name unrelated to the company, there may be a condition imposed that you do not edit about this company, even though you would have had a name change. Peridon (talk) 10:19, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Name's good, but ...

Here are a few key questions:

Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Do you understand conflict of interest?
Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 15:55, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Daniel, I understood the rules and this is the reason why I will contribute to information about my department and things like that.

Thanks.--217.110.101.138 (talk) 09:26, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

Requested username:

Mountain74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

All right Peridon I understand and I will not change it, so please find a username that does not use SGS.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Also, make sure you do not violate the guidelines that Peridon quoted. If you do edit in conflict of these guidelines again, you may be blocked without or with very little warning. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 18:47, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For once, that wasn't me. It was Daniel Case... Peridon (talk)

Bah, well, my point is clear, I hope. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:16, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]