User talk:LakeTravisStarsShine
January 2021
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Your account has been blocked indefinitely for advertising or promotion and violating the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. This is because you have been making promotional edits to topics in which you have a financial stake, yet you have failed to adhere to the mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a form of conflict of interest (COI) editing which involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is strictly prohibited. Using this site for advertising or promotion is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.
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Request reason:
I am a newcomer to Wikipedia. When I started working in Wikipedia, I read the Terms of Use and I responded to the "paid editing disclosure requirements" by saying I was not getting paid. I believe the block is incorrect and I don't think there is a conflict of interest in what I have written or the edits I would do in the future. I saw that other film festivals are documented in Wikipedia and I thought that the Lake Travis Film Festival (LTFF), which is new, should be represented. I attended the LTFF in 2020, but I am not being paid and never have been paid by the LTFF for anything. I looked at the page developed for the Hill Country Film Festival and used it as a template for what I wrote. The only edits I intend to make in the future would be to add the award winning films each year and anything new that's done by the festival. I reached out to Wikipedia-en-help to try to understand why you would block me without knowing anything about me, or reaching out to ask a question. One user suggested it was my username; that it sounded like the festival. When I chose the username I chose a phrase I had heard at the 2020 LTFF because I would remember it; at 73 years of age, my memory is not what it used to be. I had read the page on selecting a username, but couldn't see that LakeTravisStarsShine would tie me somehow to the festival. I'd be happy to change the username if that would solve the problem. I'm saddened that my first, newbie attempt to work within the Wikipedia structure came to such an abrupt halt. Please help me to learn what I have to do to create this page. I ask for this block to be reversed.LakeTravisStarsShine (talk) 22:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Decline reason:
Normal people don't write sentences like "The Lake Travis Film Festival (LTFF), is an event for showcasing filmmakers around the globe with authenticity, vision, and purpose"
. I have never said to one of my friends, "This hamburger showcases a unique blend of ingredients, including authentic spices direct from a local farm." Normal humans do not speak or talk like that. This only occurs in paid writing, such as press releases and other marketing material. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:21, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
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