Brokenrail
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Speedy deletion of Brokenrail edit
A tag has been placed on Brokenrail requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics.
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Blocked edit
This kind of activity is considered spamming and forbidden by policies, and also violates our username policy.
However, if you feel that there has been a mistake in your blocking, please appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below or email the administrator who blocked you. Your reason should include your response to this issue and a new username you wish to adopt that does not violate our username policy (specifically, understand that accounts are for individuals, not companies or groups, and that your username should reflect this). Please check that your new username has not already been taken by checking this list.–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 04:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Brokenrail (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I have no idea why I have been blocked. I have not tried to spam anyone. An encyclopedia is supposed to provide information about things that exist. BrokenRail does exist and me, the front man, a real person, was trying to put the correct information about us on the web. What must be done to have an article about my group on wikipedia. There are thousands of bands on this site. I don't see why an admin would block me for something when I don't even realize what I did wrong. I'm not trying to promote my band. I'm trying to have information available online for anyone that wants to know. You would think that this admin would have just deleted the page if it was against policy and told me what was wrong than to speedily block me indefinitely. It seems illogical.
Decline reason:
per Templarion below. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 14:09, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
While the article was against policy, that's not why you were blocked. You were blocked over another policy, which states that usernames cannot be the same as a group or company, even if that group or company is not notable enough to have its own article. All you have to do to get unblocked is to change your name and agree not to re-create the article. Templarion (talk) 12:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)