Ortosar
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Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website 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.
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- What can I do now?
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{{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.
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{{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 17:33, 30 April 2013 (UTC)Speedy deletion nomination of Ortosar
Hello Ortosar,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ortosar for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, Tary123 (talk) 18:04, 30 April 2013 (UTC) Tary123 (talk) 18:04, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Ortosar (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Hi Tary123,
I have read your FAQ about "self promotion" and I understand why you think this was the case. OrtoSar was created during the Bosnian war 1992-1995 as a humanitarian company for helping war victims with their handicaps. I was not trying to create a selfless promotional page but rather create an informative page on what the company did for their citizens that was recognized by numerous agencies and personnel. The links I have added under "references" along with the "awards" section on the ortosar webpage, will show the International awards it received in recognition of these humanitarian efforts. I am new to creating a Wiki page, so perhaps I did something wrong, but please try and understand the validity of what I am saying.
You have a company such as Bosnalijek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnalijek), a faceless pharmaceutical company, that is also a Bosnian company which is allowed to have a page on Wikipedia, so I am just wondering what the difference is between us, other than our obvious reputation.
I hope for your prompt reply,-Ortosar
Decline reason:
Procedural decline. Your username, being the name of a company, is intrinsically promotional, and you will need to apply for a name change in order to be unblocked. Use {{unblock-un}}.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:38, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
Ortosar (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
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Hi, just passing through and corrected your username block request as the way you had posted it meant that your entire string of text was being transcluded as your requested username. Blackmane (talk) 22:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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. (✉→BWilkins←✎) 09:27, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Also be aware that we do not accept arguments that because <foo> exists <bar> should too. See WP:Notability. —Jeremy v^_^v Bori! 23:24, 3 May 2013 (UTC)