User talk:JPatrickLaakso

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If you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is. Also Wikipedia policy requires a user account to be for one person acting in their personal capacity, and does not permit user accounts which represent companies, organisations, web sites, or groups of peopl, as your user name indicates your account does. Therefore you should not continue to edit using your current user name. JBW (talk) 21:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Vault0DotCom", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Ahmetlii (talk) 19:13, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

April 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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Thank you. Nick Moyes (talk) 19:21, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Postscipt: I'm sorry I had to 'softblock' your account. You failed to respond to the message above, left a month ago. There are still reports coming in because of your activity that flag up your username as breaching our guidelines. Your edits themselves are not under question - just your account name. All I need you to do is to follow the instructions in the post above to get your account name altered to one that does conform to our rules, as described at WP:USERNAME. Sorry to be a party-pooper, but we needed to take action as you are continuing to edit with a promotional account name, and we can't permit that any longer. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:25, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Requested username:

jpatricklaakso (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

After several attempts to change my user name, I finally found one that was acceptable (everything else was deemed too close to something already in existence). JPatrickLaakso (talk) 14:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Renamed so unblocked. Happy editing. Yamla (talk) 15:57, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]