User talk:MarkEUKEssays

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Hello, Ukessaysofficial, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Name[edit]

Hi Ukessaysofficial: Should you return to editing here, you will need to change your user name; we do not allow names that suggest representation of an organisation. You can request a change of name here. Yngvadottir (talk) 07:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

July 2014[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that 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.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:00, 15 July 2014 (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.

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I simply wanted to curate existing information about my own organisation to prevent vandalism and grammar / spelling mistakes, not to promote it. please accept my change of username and accept my apologies for not reading the rules correctly before creating it Ukessaysofficial (talk) 5:43 pm, 22 July 2014, last Tuesday (3 days ago) (UTC+1)

Accept reason:

Your comments in the discussion below are more promising than we usually see from editors with a conflict of interest. As long as you avoid direct edits to the article and discuss changes on the talkpage instead, I don't see any reason for you to remain blocked. You'll need to request a username change to your new username, please file this at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Yunshui ^雲 _水 13:16, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please would an administrator reply to this, the admin below states that the change of Username would OK providing I understand his concerns, I have responded to this but heard nothing back Ukessaysofficial (talk) 15:45, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That would be OK. But consider what you wrote there and how it dovetails with this query:

Here are a few key questions:

Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
Do you understand conflict of interest?
Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In answer to your questions:

Yes, I fully understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a platform or "soapbox" for promoting one's own products or company.
Yes, I have fully read the COI information and believe that you interpretation of what I mean by "curate" is not in line with what I meant. The COI guidelines clearly state that:

"Non-controversial edits[edit] Editors who may have a general conflict of interest are allowed to make certain kinds of non-controversial edits (but note WP:NOPAY above). They may:

remove spam and revert unambiguous vandalism, remove content that unambiguously violates the biography of living persons policy, fix spelling and grammatical errors, revert or remove their own COI edits, make edits where there is clear consensus on the talk page (though it is better to let someone else do it), and add reliable sources, especially when another editor has requested them (but note the advice above about the importance of using independent sources)." These are the only actions that I refer to by using the word "curate".

Yes, I understand that content needs to be "notable" to be included in Wikipedia. For the record the page on UK Essays was added to give additional information regarding the business practices of [Barclay Littlewood] who is the celebrity owner of the business. It should also be noted that UK Essays as an organisation have received a huge amount of international press and TV coverage over the last 11 years and I believe that entitles the article to be "notable".

I would like it understood that the only reason that I chose the original username of UKEssaysOfficial was to try and comply with the COI guidelines and declare my interests as being an employee of UK Essays. I believe that other than the creation of the original page (which was written as neutrally as possible) I have complied with all policies regarding COI. Anyone is welcome to look at the edit history of this account and will see that as an individual I have updated pages grammatical or factual inaccuracies and have not made any attempt to promote the company for which I have declared that I work for.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukessaysofficial (talk • contribs)

The Founder of Wikipedia has stated that "those with COI should never edit their article directly, but should only propose sourced changes on the article talkpage in order to achieve consensus for the changes". How do you intend to proceed if unblocked? the panda ₯’ 10:03, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don;t see I am supposed to do when the founder's wishes conflict with Wikipedia's own stated COI policy that clearly says users with a COI may remove vandalism and correct grammar and spelling. I just wanted to take part in Wikipedia, to share my qualifications in English with the rest of the world and to try and make a contribution to the information that is presented to users on this site across a range of subjects. If an admin tells me that despite the COI policy that I cannot remove vandalism from any page where I may have a COI then fair enough, I will abide by the rules and flag changes to admins rather than editing anything myself.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukessaysofficial (talk • contribs)

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Thank you. --k6ka (talk | contribs) 15:52, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]