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

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. SpinningSpark 11:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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 Thank you. Orange Mike | Talk 14:28, 17 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Orangemike: I think this block is uncalled for – I could have blocked myself when I placed the warning if I thought it was necessary. The user's one and only edit is not in the least promotional, and neither is the related IP edit they were discussing. It is true that there is a real company called Delos Inc, but rather better known is the fictional Delos Corporation from the Westworld franchise. It could be the user had named themselves after that. Further, the real Delos is a marketing company and would seem to know little about antennae, again pointing to the fictional entity being referenced in the user's name. SpinningSpark 12:20, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

That's why I just gave them a soft block, rather than a spamblock. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:55, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply