User talk:Itclass
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Username problem
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Itclass, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it it appears to repsent a group of people. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 02:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I am a teacher who is trying to get her students to use wikepedia and commenting on the subjects that I wish for them to comment on. They do not use my username or anything. I am representing the class as in the course not the students. I am not trying to promote anything just trying to make it known that it is me who is doing the work. Thanks!:)
October 2010
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Welcome to Wikipedia. One or more of the external links you added in this edit to the page Plagiarism do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. You may wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Diannaa (Talk) 01:24, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Helpful, thanks for that. I guess I can't use it for what I thought.
No personal abuse
[edit]I was unhappy to see your post[1] to Henning Makholm that seems to be based on a number of misconceptions on your part. Henning Makholm's post to which you reacted was correct and I support it. There was no sarcasm intended and you made a mistake to post the personal abuse that you did. To emphasize: Wikipedia is not an IT education tool. Its perspective is a neutral point of view of subjects that are verifiable by reliable sources. Wikipedia is indeed for everyone to use, as you rightly say. It is not, and cannot be, for everyone to decide what content it must retain. Content is decided upon by consensus. Reaching that consensus necessarily involves editing others' contributions, which is clearly stated under the editing window that you used. I looked at your contribution that was deleted[2] and the reason given for the deletion. Your mistake when you disagreed with the edit (which I don't) was to abuse the editor instead of discussing the subject on the appropriate page which is here. (Please read the heading on Talk pages because it gives good advice.) Also, while you may hold your opinion about Wikipedia's credibility, your expression of it is considerably weakened by the fact that you made several spelling errors here. Finally here is a formality: Please sign your posts with four tildes ~. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 11:19, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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 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.