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PuppyFoodBank (talk) 20:07, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your account has been blocked from editing because your username gives the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, product, department, or website. Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 21:01, 5 November 2024 (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.

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

Requested username:

Grayson at PuppyFoodBank (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I work at Puppy Food Bank and thus have a conflict of interest as defined by Wikipedia regarding Puppy Food Bank related content. I’m here to contribute factual and verifiable information regarding Puppy Food Bank. I am aware of Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines and will abide by them as I am committed to acting in good faith, any violations of Wikipedia policy are unintentional. My edits will be restricted to talk pages, and I will not engage in editing directly any Pet Rescue-related page. Instead, I will volunteer information on the talk pages, and ask for Wikipedia's help.

Accept reason:

I have renamed and unblocked you. You should read WP:PAID and follow the advice. Welcome back. PhilKnight (talk) 18:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PuppyFoodBank (talk) 14:52, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved your unblock request to the bottom of the page; an administrator will review it when time permits. In the future, please place new talk page postings at the bottom to preserve the correct chronological order of discussions. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 2024

Hello Grayson at PuppyFoodBank. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Grayson at PuppyFoodBank. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Grayson at PuppyFoodBank|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. jlwoodwa (talk) 02:26, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Draft:Puppy Food Bank, give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Grayson at PuppyFoodBank, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Grayson at PuppyFoodBank|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. jlwoodwa (talk) 15:48, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Puppy Food Bank (November 20)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Samoht27 were:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This article appears incomplete and does not show notability for the subject.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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-Samoht27 (talk) 15:48, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Grayson at PuppyFoodBank! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! -Samoht27 (talk) 15:48, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]