User talk:Jim Kotsis

June 2020

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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

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

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Requested username:

Jim Kotsis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I want to create a personal wikipedia account to contribute to articles about Greek music acts, in which I am specialized, as a fan of these acts for decades now

Accept reason:

Per conversation below HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

What is your connection to 1000mods? 331dot (talk) 18:41, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Very close friends of mine, just like the rest of the Greek rock music scene. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1000mods Press (talk • contribs)

Please review conflict of interest; it's going to be difficult for you to edit about at a minimum 1000mods, if not Greek rock music as a whole. Are there any topics unrelated to that subject area you want to edit about? 331dot (talk) 19:09, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

I would also like to make some new articles about Greek music festivals such as New Long Festival, Off The Hook Festival, Under the Sun Rock Festival, Release Athens Festival, Los Almiros Festival and others. I'm a fan of Greek music and Greek festivals so unfortunately, that's all I have to contribute at the moment. But I'm always willing to contribute to other non-music stuff, as soon as I realize that I possess knowledge that is missing from an wiki article. Why is it difficult to edit such articles after all?

@331dot: Note: Renamed, does the user qualify for unblock now? ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 20:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm not the blocking admin, so you should ask them; if it's okay with them it's okay with me. 331dot (talk) 20:33, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: Can you review the discussion above? ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 20:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jim Kotsis: Please review the notice below:

Hello, Jim Kotsis. 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:

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• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
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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. ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 20:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

If Jim agrees to follow our COI guidelines than I have no issue. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

thanks hickoryOughtShirt?4. ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 03:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

oops, courtesy pinging HickoryOughtShirt?4. ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 03:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for taking sometime to review my unblock inquiry. I'll make sure my edits from now on do not promote any product, individual or unit. I hope it's ok though to keep editing stuff from Greek artists which is my main field.

globally renamed 1000mods Press to Jim Kotsis

globally renamed 1000mods Press to Jim Kotsis --Deep fried okra (schalte ein) 19:25, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Jim Kotsis, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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