AlanaDee

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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

Request reason:

I am a graduate student who studies marketing and wanted to create a page that teaches others what a masters in marketing is. I realize I was blocked because I used an account name that was too close to the topic, rather than my real name. If unblocked, I will continue to edit pages and add a chart to the page I started on marketing that lists out all the masters in marketing programs in the US and Canada to help other students like me learn about a masters in marketing. This page is not meant to advertise for a specific university, just the area of study in general

Accept reason:

Rename has been carried out and unblock agreement received from blocking admin. I have cleaned up the article. Please add reliable sources from professional bodies and magazines not from course providers. See WP:GNG, WP:RS and WP:FIRST. Just Chilling (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

• I've done the rename (from User:MSMKTG). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!

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March 2017

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Master of Science in Marketing, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Please note also that as well as being completely unsourced, the list of schools you added is US-centric. Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia and so articles should take a global perspective. Melcous (talk) 03:57, 29 March 2017 (UTC)