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JohnCD (talk) 14:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of The Shoemakers Elves

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A tag has been placed on The Shoemakers Elves, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 15:04, 9 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

June 2009

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Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia, because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes of a company or group. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

In addition, accounts are for individuals only, not for companies or groups or other collective editing, and your username should reflect this.

Wikipedia is not a promotion website; this kind of activity is considered spam on Wikipedia, and forbidden by policies, and usernames that appear to be promotional also violate our username policy. Editing on Wikipedia is not intended to be used to promote anyone, or anything, and its use for that purpose will result in blocking of the account involved.

If you feel that there has been a mistake, please appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below or contacting the administrator who has blocked you. Your reason should include a clear response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy. Please check that your new username has not already been taken here. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 18:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Despite heavily editing my page, and also providing references (albeit very badly laid out ones) I still keep violating the wikipedia terms of use. I am not trying to promote the company I work for, we already have means of doing so. As we are linked to a photographer who has a page on wikipedia, I thought it would be a good idea to link one of the companies he owns to his page.

I would be most appreciative if you could delete my account. I am now unable to edit anything, so having an account seems a bit pointless. Apologies for my errors, I was only trying to contribute to wikipedia.

I'm sorry but there is no way to delete an account. You are not forced to use it anymore but you are free to register a new account if you wish to edit articles about subjects you are not having a conflict of interest with. You can also use {{unblock|Your reason here}} to request an unblock if you feel the block was made incorrectly. Regards SoWhy 13:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)Reply