MerchantsCrosby

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Your user name gives the impression that it belongs to an organisation rather than to an individual, so you need to read WP:CORPNAME and choose a new name for you as an individual. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:53, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

My name is Lucy Tickle and I am a Marketing Assistant at Merchant Taylors' Schools', Crosby. This user name was created for the sole purpose of allowing the schools to edit their Wikipedia pages or any pages which make reference to us, hence why it's set up as 'MerchantsCrosby'. You can see that my edits reflect this (being on our pages only), and the information which I've put up has not been removed by the Wikipedia community. I've been a contributor for a short time, and being blocked for correcting false information feels like a punishment which has been justified by my user name breaching a guideline which need not apply to us. As a company which is dependent on the contributions of its users, this must be happening to many honest and trustworthy members, and the issue needs to be addressed. Considering the only other option seems to be to change my username, the guidelines for doing so are ambiguous and not easy to follow. Can you offer me a resolution so that I can continue to contribute to our pages? Thank you, Lucy.

Decline reason:

I'm sorry, but 'the schools' cannot edit anything. Accounts on Wikipedia are for private individuals only, not schools, companies, teams or positions (such as 'Merchants Marketing'). You are welcome to apply for a new username preferably not including the name of the school(s) or a position at them. This can be your own name (not recommended by me) or anything like 'Gladys the Aardvark', 'Herbert Twinkle' or something sounding a bit more boring, but I don't recommend anything like 'Crescat Crosbeia'... Do remember that password sharing is also not allowed. Even husbands and wives must have separate accounts. Peridon (talk) 17:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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BTW Please note that they are not your pages, either as an individual or a corporate employee. They are articles about the schools, and they can be edited by anyone (assuming they have internet and are not blocked or banned from editing). Peridon (talk) 17:33, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Just in case it needs further clarification, the block notice further down the page was unambiguous in saying that "Your username is the only reason for this block", so you weren't "... blocked for correcting false information ..." as you stated in your unblock request. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:58, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, MerchantsCrosby, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.

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Daniel Case (talk) 22:39, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Merchant Taylors' Girls' School, 1620 Building.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Cricket Nets at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School.jpg

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File permission problem with File:The Ian Robinson Sports Centre at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:The Ian Robinson Sports Centre at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby.jpg, which you've attributed to www.merchanttaylors.com/ian-robinson. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Orphaned non-free image File:Merchant Taylors' Schools Crest.jpg

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