Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Red Hot Org) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.
There are two issues with this:
- It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
- Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.
Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.
— Scientizzle 17:54, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
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, celebrity or other well-known individual, 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 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 WP:FAQ/Organization 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, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then 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}}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.
Red Hot Org (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Requested username:
Decline reason:
- Are you just a "fan" of Red Hot Organisation, or are you employed in some way by them? Ronhjones (Talk) 20:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
- I have consulted the blocking administrator about the possibility of unblocking you to allow a change of username. While we wait for a response I suggest answering the question above from Ronhjones. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:24, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
- As an independent admin to this issue, I would have declined the request had JamesBWatson not already left the above message. The fact that you are making contributions "on behalf of the red hot organization" and appear to be wanting to continue to edit along the same lines as you were previously ("i would, however, like to continue linking the artist that have appeared on red hot albums back to the album page and the red hot organization page in order to credit the artist's contribution to fight against HIV/AIDS") seems to indicate that your purposes for editing Wikipedia do not match those of Wikipedia itself. Wikipedia's purpose is not to promote an organisation or artists - no matter how noble the cause of the organisation may be. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:37, 3 November 2010 (UTC)