User talk:Maher.SA

How do you make changes to outdated information without it being undone by unknown forces?

October 2010[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you removed topically-relevant content from Christopher G. Donovan. However, Wikipedia is not censored to remove content that might be considered objectionable. Please do not remove or censor information that directly relates to the subject of the article. You have the option to configure Wikipedia to hide images that you may find offensive. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:59, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious[edit]

Would you happen to work for or with, or happen to be Christopher G. Donovan? Ian.thomson (talk) 18:20, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I work for the Connecticut House Democrats Office. I am looking to update existing Wiki pages on our members and create new ones for the legislators that don't have one. I was trying to remove the Feb. 2009 line as outdated with a reference link that was broken. Who decides what facts to place and can they ever be removed? Speaker Dononva would like to add information to his Wiki page. I understand the need for third party references. Should I make changes one fact at a time to see if it makes it? If I make mulitple changes at once, will they all be rejected if one or two don't meet Wiki standards? I am just trying to get a handle on the restrictions. Thanks. CTHDO2010 15:12, 22 October 2010 (EST)

We generally take and keep anything that has a reliable source and is notable. We tend not to remove information as "outdated", because then we'd have to get rid of the articles Mark Foley congressional page incident, Mark Sanford disappearance and extramarital affair, and Pat Robertson controversies, and those are just so much fun to laugh at. Regarding legislators that don't have pages, you will want to take a look at our notability guidelines. However, I have to leave this message:

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (CTHDO2010) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

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Ian.thomson (talk) 19:30, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

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If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block. -- Cirt (talk) 17:55, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Maher.SA (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

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Request reason:

I am new here and now understand your guidlines. I have stressed them to my people and have been working with them on encyclopedic information to be added to Christopher Donovan's page. I recently added a Family section without issue. I only wany to add more information. I am aware of the "conflict of interest" concern and will remain nuetral in tone.

Decline reason:

No new username given Ronhjones ^(Talk) 01:17, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: You have note specified a new username. Please replace "Your proposed new username" in the template above with whatever username you propose to be renamed to. Thanks —DoRD (talk) 16:49, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]