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.

Nick-D (talk) 01:41, 26 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

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.

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From what I can tell, your intention is to continue promoting and publicizing NDTA. This is not acceptable under our conflict of interest and neutral point of view policies. Please clarify what other areas you are interested in editing in. --jpgordon::==( o ) 00:12, 28 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Proposed new Username: Karen-S Reason: previous Username reflected organization and consequently, content appeared advertorial in nature. Topics for Edit: Defense Transportation System (DTS) NDTA supports the DTS - a much broader category that does not have a dedicated Wikipedia entry as far as I can tell from initial investigation. I feel the need remains, however, for an NDTA page so browsers are aware of the organization. The NDTA page, then, would be supportive of the DTS. I will restructure NDTA content with focus on DTS milestones representing modes / processes dating from post-WWII to present

This editor has emailed me from an ndtahq.com email address. She appears to want to use Wikipedia to publicise her employer. Nick-D (talk) 22:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)Reply