User talk:BirksJewellers
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Promotional materials in Birks & Mayors[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Birks & Mayors. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 15:17, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Using Wikipedia as a promotional tool[edit]
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Birks & Mayors. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. The Birks & Mayors article is not the place for promotional text copied from the company's website. Promo-speak and peacock terms such as "indisputable leader in fine jewellery", "total brand experience", "absolute quality, service and exclusive brands", "great love affair with Birks", etc. are not acceptable on Wikipedia and are routinely deleted. I kindly ask that you read our policies and guidelines at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion and Puffery. Please do not hesitate to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions. Cheers, --Skeezix1000 (talk) 21:03, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
March 2012[edit]
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Birks & Mayors, you may be blocked from editing. Scopecreep (talk) 15:32, 19 March 2012 (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 such groups are generally discouraged from using 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/Organizations 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, organization, or clients. 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, organization, or clients. 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.
{{unblock|Your reason here}} below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 15:33, 19 March 2012 (UTC)