Envirolaw

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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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.

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

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Requested username:

dsaxe001 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I apologize for using envirolaw as my username, and will only use the new name from now on. In any event, Envirolaw.com ceased to be owned by me in 2015. I very much appreciate the huge amount of volunteer time that goes into making Wikipedia so useful to so many people. I am trying to comply with all rules. I hope to continue to contribute to articles on energy, environment and especially climate policy. Thank you

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only as stale; you are welcome to make a new unblock request when you are able to engage with us. 331dot (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Unblock discussion

If you are Dianne Saxe, please confirm your identity with Wikipedia by following the instructions at WP:REALNAME(in short, you need to send an email to the address written there). Alexf I'm actually wondering if this username should be considered grandfathered as this user has had it since 2008, well before current username polices(I think). 331dot (talk) 19:42, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@331dot: That would be a discussion for ANI. IMHO I would say no. A company name is not allowed. One user per account. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:01, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to Wikipedia:Username policy#Exceptions(to have a discussion). The Username policy in January of 2008 when this account was created did not explicitly ban group/company usernames; it stated "Use of a company or group name as a username is not explicitly prohibited, but it is not recommended, and depending on the circumstances may be seen as a problem". Evidently the name was not too problematic since this user used it for this long. I think someone looking at the name without looking into their edits would think that the name simply reflected an interest in environmental law. It's not like it's Coke or Microsoft. I propose that the username issue be handled separately (with a discussion as you suggest). If this user wants to change their name voluntarily, that's fine of course. 331dot (talk) 20:17, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Username predates the current rule, so I don't believe they should be required to change. leaving it to others to decide. Now it's an issue? --Deep fried okra (schalte ein) 21:10, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Deepfriedokra I too think they shouldn't be required to change the name, or at least the username issue should be set aside for purposes of unblocking this user. 331dot (talk) 21:20, 15 June 2020 (UTC)