User talk:FCAC Editor

FCAC Editor, you are invited to the Teahouse[edit]

Hi FCAC Editor! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Osarius (I'm a Teahouse host)

Visit the Teahouse

This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 01:16, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2013[edit]

Hello, FCAC Editor. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 15:56, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "FCAC Editor", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you.}} --Drm310 (talk) 18:32, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, FCAC Editor, does not meet our username policy.

Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).

A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first.

Daniel Case (talk) 02:18, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

Request reason:

I must start by apologizing for inventing the username FCAC Editor; I did not read the full policy on user names. Before I change the username, I would like your advice: should I just change it to something like Scott Bury at FCAC, which according to the username guides, is acceptable? I also have a previous user account under Scott Bury, but your guidelines are not clear on how to move the content I submitted to another existing account. Sorry to cause so much confusion; I want to comply with Wikipedia's policies, and while I am employed by the agency I have written about, I have endeavoured to ensure the content is neutral and not promotional in any way. It can also be beneficial to consumers in Canada and elsewhere, providing unbiased information about consumers' rights when dealing with financial institutions.

Decline reason:

First, if you have an existing account, you should probably be using that account. There is, however, no way to transfer edits between accounts. As to your edits, as Jeske mentions below, it really would be better if you avoided editing about your agency. Wikipedia is meant to serve as an encyclopedia, and not a source of legal or financial advice. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 17:48, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

The issue with conflict of interest is that a conflicted user can't reliably identify his own bias. What you think of as unbiased often comes across to those without any connection to the group as biased. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 20:22, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]