User talk:ColoufulEric

You write, "We have created an article" on James Mercer (diplomat)

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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 kind of edits for which you were blocked.
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

--Orange Mike | Talk 20:57, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I'm not a company

Accept reason:

Hi. I got your email - sorry, I adjusted your request slightly and then I got distracted by real life when I intended to review your request for you. Your new username is fine, so I have renamed and unblocked your account. Please make sure that only you use this account and nobody else. And welcome back. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:30, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Morning Orange Mike,

I have been mistaken for a company or business. My brother and myself are simply making pages and edits based on lost information from the past. This is my profile and he simply helped me with editing which is why I used the words we. Please accept my apology for the confusion and reinstate my ability to edit pages and put my changes back in place. I have changed my username to colourful Eric to represent a more user friendly name.

I am not advertising anything but simply providing lost information.

Thanks