User talk:XPOTours

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, XPOTours. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Saona Island, 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. CoconutOctopus talk 19:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, sorry if I did anything wrong as I though I had to create a user for the new information I would post, I'm trying to figure out how to give useful information to readers. The link I changed was about best tours and seemed promotional and outdated therefor I linked to a page talking about the island itself. XPOTours (talk) 19:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Sorry was just trying how to change to a better source of information as the other link was just pointing to a tour advertisement. How can I fix that? XPOTours (talk) 20:22, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

• Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
• 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; and
• Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
• Provide a new username.

To do this, 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 your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked.

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This user is asking to be unblocked to request a change in username.

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

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Requested username:

CaribbeanTraveler (talk · account availability check · rename user)

Request reason:

I'm learning, still reading a lot to comply, there was no intention for any advertisement

Administrators should consider discussing any unblock with the blocking administrator (see the blocking policy).

Administrator use only:

If you ask the blocking administrator to comment on this request, please place {{subst:Unblock on hold-notification | 1=XPOTours}} on the administrator's talk page. Then replace this template with the following:

{{unblock-un on hold | 1=blocking administrator | 2=CaribbeanTraveler | 3=I'm learning, still reading a lot to comply, there was no intention for any advertisement | 4=~~~~}}

If you accept the unblock request, replace this template with the following:

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=CaribbeanTraveler | reason=I'm learning, still reading a lot to comply, there was no intention for any advertisement | accept=Allowing username change to requested username. Please select an option from [[Wikipedia:Changing username]] and file a request as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. ~~~~}}

If you decline the unblock request, replace this template with the following, replacing {{subst:Decline reason here}} with any specific rationale. If you do not edit the text after "decline=", a default reason why the request was declined will be inserted.

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=CaribbeanTraveler | reason=I'm learning, still reading a lot to comply, there was no intention for any advertisement | decline={{subst:Decline reason here}} ~~~~}}

May I ask why my link about information on the island would be less accepted than the current page selling tours for 85 USD? Trying to understand the philosophy.

• The article itself was very flawed; I have since removed all of the promotional content present CoconutOctopus talk 20:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Is somebody answering here or how would that work, tried to change username, what would be the next step. XPOTours (talk) 20:19, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Your request is in a category viewable by admins like me. What edits do you want to make? Please read WP:COI and WP:PAID. 331dot (talk) 20:53, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

The talk text said I had to unlock the account and change user name, wanted to to change CaribbeanTraveler as I would like to contribute to some article which are having some missing information. trying to get started.

I live in the DR and travel a lot, would my new username work? When will the account be unblocked so I can start more careful? XPOTours (talk) 21:04, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Your choice of new username is okay and seems to be available- now we need to know that you have read and understand the policies indicated. Please describe your connection to XPO Tours, tell what will be different about your editing in the future, and what specific topics you might edit about. 331dot (talk) 09:32, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

rename deferred. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:24, 8 February 2024 (UTC)