User talk:Gerontius1861

December 2023[edit]

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Thank you. Secretlondon (talk) 11:45, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You have been unblocked, but you have a very clear conflict of interest with WFCS. Secretlondon (talk) 21:17, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help and feedback. I confirm that I have read, understood and will comply with Wikipedia's COI rules and content policies. As already evidenced by the edits made so far, any updates I make will always be entirely non-promotional, as well as purely factual and neutral. Gerontius1861 (talk) 17:16, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Michelle at WFCS. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 19:11, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

username[edit]

I can see you've been renamed, but the name you've chosen sounds like you still want to write about WFCS. You have a conflict of interestweith them so you cannot edit on their behalf or edit their article. Secretlondon (talk) 06:07, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Secretlondon: The username "Michelle at WFCS" is 100% acceptable per the username policy (fourth bullet point here), so unless you want to unblock and reblock for COI, the account should be unblocked. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:01, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to unblock but I still want them to be aware of the COI issues. This is nothing unusual. Secretlondon (talk) 20:05, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. They should definitely be aware of WP:COI, WP:NOTADVERT, and WP:PAID. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Secretlondon: You should probably note the unblocking above below the block notice, just so it doesn't look like they're still blocked. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan!