User talk:Manolist

Hello, Manolist, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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As far as permission to use text from external sites, as you posted at Society for International Development, you should probably look over WP:C to get an idea for what that entails.

Again, welcome! NickelShoe (Talk) 22:01, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used 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, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. You have violated one or more of our rules, including rules against adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, using Wikipedia for promotion, and editing inappropriately with a conflict of interest. This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden by Wikipedia's policies. Although Wikipedia has a great many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, 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 Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for 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 here, 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}} below this message box.
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.

See also Wikipedia:Appealing a block for more information.

--Orange Mike | Talk 17:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Allowing username change to ManoliS (talk · contribs). Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking.

Request handled by: Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Tear him for his bad verses!)} 06:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocking administrator: Please check for active autoblocks on this user after accepting the unblock request.

Just bear in mind what was said below by other editors and you should do just fine. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Tear him for his bad verses!)} 06:47, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please tell us what productive contributions you intend to make if you are unblocked? Sandstein 19:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We are a membership society for individuals and organizations in the international development community, so it is important for us to be able to contribute to articles dealing with development, international aid, and human rights issues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SID Washington (talk • contribs)

That use of the collective "we" is a little worrisome for me, since Wikipedia doesn't permit multi-person accounts (what we call "role accounts"); each individual editor must be wholly and solely responsible for his/her own edits. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:14, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. I'm the intern who works on web-related projects, so I would be more than willing to take responsibility for any edits.

Just as a second opinion, I say unblock him/her. It's obvious from what I see that he/she was not trying to be malicious or deceive. I doubt that it would come back to haunt you 06:23, 16 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.77.157 (talk)

Thank you very much, I appreciate your understanding.