User talk:Marketingff

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created User:Marketingff/sandbox, and I noticed that your username, "Marketingff", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 15:27, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

I presume "ff" means "FiberFab" and that you represent its Marketing department; usernames cannot be that of a position and must indicate you as an individual user. Please also review conflict of interest and Paid editing. 331dot (talk) 15:28, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

July 2016

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Marketingff, appears to reflect that your account may be used as a 'memorial' or tribute to someone. While we respect your views, Wikipedia is an academic project, and is not the place to memorialize deceased friends, relatives, celebrities, or others. 

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

1. Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
2. At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
3. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Vanjagenije (talk) 15:51, 25 July 2016 (UTC)