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before the question. Again, welcome! JNW (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "SwansonGallery", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it suggests that your account represents a commercial entity. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you.)) JNW (talk) 14:49, 6 October 2013 (UTC
Thank you for the notice. I am not a commercial entity, althoughI used to own a gallery many years ago. As I am (at least initially) mostly interested in editing art and art-related entries from the San Francisco Bay Area, I thought it would be most honest to let people know that I have experience in the art world (although, I must say not much on these computers!). As I have just spent several hours creating what I hope to be my first page and am waiting for it be be reviewed, I would appreciate it if I might keep my sign in name for the time being (the notice said it might take three weeks). If you prefer me to change this once I hear from the reviewer(s) I will be happy too. I am just having a number of challenges navigating this programming language and would like to keep everything the same for now. I will hold off on making additional edits on other pages until I hear back about my curation/status and any necessity to modify my sign-in name.
Thank you
SwansonGallery (talk) 21:45, 6 October 2013 (UTC) SwansonGallery, aka Bill Swanson (retired)
Thanks JNW, I was looking a few other entries and was trying to use the headings they used. I will modify, reduce, etc.. Is it appropriate to do so now, or should I wait to hear back from the formal application?
Thanks again and sorry for my naivety.
SwansonGallery (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2013 (UTC)SwansonGallery
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below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case (talk) 04:08, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
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