LLAwards

Your attention needed at WP:CHU

Hello. A bureaucrat or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. Mlpearc (open channel) 16:38, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

August 2014

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "LLAwards", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because It's a company/Group name and implies shared use. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Mlpearc (open channel) 13:10, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Your user page and username

Your user page currently redirects to the article The London Lifestyle Awards. Originally this redirect was created when you moved your user page into the main articlespace, but you seem to have deliberately re-added the redirect. For what purpose? Usually a user page is meant as a place to write something about ourselves as Wikipedia editors. For example, if you write about the LLAwards as part of your job, you could use the user page to make the relevant declaration required by the Terms of Use.

On an unrelated note, your username is a violation of the username policy because it appears promotional and looks like the name of an organization, implying shared use, which is not permitted. That's also why your renaming request was declined. You should make a new request for a username that represents you as an individual; otherwise this account may be blocked from editing. Huon (talk) 17:41, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi - so how do I make a page titled 'The London Lifestyle Awards' which shows up when googled? rather than 'User;LLAwards' - do i have to set up a new account?

There's a difference between encyclopedia articles and user accounts. The article The London Lifestyle Awards already exists. Your username is unrelated to the article title and should be changed; see WP:Changing username/Simple. Huon (talk) 09:44, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

This is what I have been trying to do for weeks - my username request is what is getting rejected. I am happy with the page and the title, but it is my username request that is rejected - I want my username to be The London Lifestyle Awards. As currently to find our wikipedia page you have to google 'User:LLAwards' - and I want it to say 'The London Lifestyle Awards

That username would be a violation of Wikipedia's username policy, as is your current one. In fact, when you're talking about "our wikipedia page", you give the impression that this is a shared account, something explicitly not permitted. Wikipedia accounts are for individuals, not for companies or organizations, and the username must reflect that. Only one person may ever have access to an account.

Regarding the Google issue, that's not something Wikipedia can do anything about. Google will update its search index in due time. Huon (talk) 11:42, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

It is my account - I am just confused. I don't understand why pages like the BAFTAs and so forth are allowed a page? This Awards ceremony has been going on for 5 years, yet if you want to find this wikipedia page all that shows up is 'User:LLA' despite my requests for it to say 'The London Lifestyle Awards'. Literally all I want to happen is that, when an individual googles the awards - it shows up as 'The London Lifestyle Awards' rather than having to google 'User:LLA'. Is this possible or should I start again with a new account/username? Thanks for help

Once again, there are two different things: User accounts and encyclopedia articles. The encyclopedia article The London Lifestyle Awards exists. You can type "The London Lifestyle Awards" into Wikipedia's search box and will come up with the article. Google may be a little slow in indexing that article, but there's nothing Wikipedia can do about that. If you have an issue with Google search results, contact Google.

On the other hand, User:LLAwards is your user account. You have named yourself, as an editor, after the award, and if you ever edit any other topic, say our BAFTA article, those edits would be credited to "User:LLAwards". That username, however, is unduly promotional. Furthermore, it gives the impression that it's not an individual account, but a role account for the representative of the London Lifestyle Awards, used by whoever may occupy that role at any given moment. Thus it's in violation of Wikipedia's username policy and should be changed. If you want the username to be affiliated with the events, something like "User:John Doe at LLAwards" would be acceptable. Changing the username will have no impact on the encyclopedia article, which is entirely unrelated. If no change to an acceptable username is requested, this account may be blocked from editing (which, again, would not impact the encyclopedia article, except insofar as you would no longer be able to edit it). Huon (talk) 13:57, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. 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, 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.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations 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, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.

What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

If you do intend to make useful contributions here about 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.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

--Orange Mike | Talk 02:33, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of The London Lifestyle Awards for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The London Lifestyle Awards is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The London Lifestyle Awards until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Praxidicae (talk) 18:42, 6 March 2020 (UTC)