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Regarding your edits to Modified Luxury & Exotics and other edits: Please read the Wikipedia Policies and guidelines on Conflict of interest and External links. ^BlankVerse 10:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent insertion of spam, commercial content, and/or links is prohibited under policy. Any further spamming may result in your account and/or your ip address being blocked from editing Wikipedia. MER-C 10:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Allowing username change to 2NDGENTEG (talk • contribs). Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Also, per WP:COI please do not re-add the links to your webpage to any article. Propose the link on the talkpage to let unconflicted editors decide. Request handled by: ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 08:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Luxury&Exotics → 2NDGENTEG[edit]

• Current name: Luxury&Exotics (talk • contribs)
• Requested name: 2NDGENTEG (change username)
• Reason: I request a change of usename to avoid the issue of sharing my use name with the publication Modified Luxury & Exotics, I also wish to retain those links I created which I think are educational for those interested in performance vehicles and would ideally like the Modified Luxury & Exotics page reinstated. -- Luxury&Exotics 02:48, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please file this request at Wikipedia:Changing username immediately. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 08:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Before you start editing again, make sure that you've carefully read the Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines, expecially as they pertain to External links and Conflict of Interest.

Why did I delete the external links that you added to Wikipedia articles that were to Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine? Several times all they did was go to the main page for the magazine, and were not linked to a page directly related to the topic of the article. For other links, they went to rather chatty and uninformative pages. Remember, the Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and the links should present further information that would be of interest to the Wikipedia's general readers.

The other problem was the material that you were adding to the articles themselves. In most cases, they were really doing more to promote Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine than providing useful information on the topic of the article.

If you follow the Wikipedia's rules, you should have no further problems. On the other hand, if you continue with the same type of edits and external link additions that you were doing before, you will be blocked again, no matter what your user name is.

Since you have access to plenty of pictures on exotic and luxury cars, you might think about uploading some images to the Wikipedia. Make sure, however, that you carefully read the policies on Image use, and understand the implications of licensing the photos under a copyleft license so that the Wikipedia can use the images. ^BlankVerse 11:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that the links were in many ways promoting the magazine, however, considerng the magazine is in many ways a form of resource material for those interested in high-end modified cars (Gemballa, Fisker, Dinan, etc.) I felt that linking the pages together was a way of allowing those interested in a modified vehicle of one type to discover more about a modified vehicle of another. The interconectednes of the many tuners and the "scene" in general is why the magazine exists in the first place. I weighed carefully the possibility of being percieved as exploiting Wikipedia for the magazine's own use versus the advantages of providing information for interested parties. Apparently your view of the matter differs from my own and while I maintain that I had the best interests of the free flow of information as my motivation, I will submit to your decision.

Is it permisable to make the Modified Luxury & Exotics magazine page again? I will not link to other pages unless I have received confirmation that it is permisable.

As for photos, I will certainly upload some. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luxury&Exotics (talk • contribs)

I know absolutely nothing about your magazine. On the other hand, when I did a Google search, trying to filter out all the magazine subscription websites where your magazine is offered, I didn't find anything that would suggest that the magazine met the Wikipedia's notability guidelines. (A more specific notablility guideline that might apply to your magazine would be Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations).)

I would suggest that you might bring up the issue at the Automobile WikiProject by leaving a message on their talk page, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles, and asking their opinion.

Also, keep in mind that your editing activity on the Wikipedia should also be done according to the guidlines at Conflict of interest, and Wikipedia:Autobiography. ^BlankVerse 07:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As requested, I have changed your username. You can now log in using the new name. Warofdreams talk 00:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]