User talk:SecurityScholar

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Conflict of interest note

By your user name, it appears that you represent a company or organization. Please read our conflict of interest guidelines as well as our FAQ for businesses. We welcome your contributions here, but please refrain from writing about your own company's services and personnel. Thanks, and happy editing! AKRadecki^Speaketh 23:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update

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).

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Request reason:

I'm not sure if either of you can see this page, but if so, I'm wondering about changes to my edits on the COTS page. I realize that I made a mistake the first time by citing my own organization as a source in my first edit, but the second time I did not do so, and the source I cited was a non-partisan research group (the DoD's internal think-tank, the Defense Science Board) which is not associated with my organization. I wrote a brief paragraph on the huge relevance of COTS to government procurement. With President Obama's emphasis on contracting reform, this is an important issue and worthy of public consideration--especially on Wikipedia--as it is often the first stop for people trying to make their way through the sea of acronyms that is Washington DC. If I've overlooked something else, I would look forward to your advice on how to improve my usage.

At the same time, I see that a citation of one of our articles (from a bi-partisan research group that provides neutral analysis on policy issues) has been flagged because it may be construed as advertising of a "product." The intent of this piece is to show that that LUH was a successful case of a COTS acquisition. At present, the LUH article notes this, but does not have a source.

I would also appreciate if you could overturn the block you put on the account. I will refrain from making any more edits pending your suggestions but my primary concern is the block on our IP address, which prevents some 250 people from accessing Wikipedia.

Thanks for your consideration.

Decline reason:

Three things. First, your acknowledgment of your mistake is noted, and I think you are taking a good approach to keep from editing under a conflict. Further advice can be found at WP:BESTCOI. Second, I can't unblock you right now; your username continues to be inappropriate. If you want to be unblocked, you'll have to pick a new, personal username and mention it in a future unblock request. You can check Special:Listusers to search for username availability. Third, don't worry about the IP address block, I'm changing your block settings to not trigger autoblocks, which should prevent that issue. Mango juice^talk 20:39, 26 March 2009 (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.

{{unblock|Per Akradecki and Mangojuice's advice, I would like to request an unblock so I can make a username change to a personal one--DefensePolicyWonk--which is available. Thank you.}}

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Allowing username change to User:DefensePolicyWonk; please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username. Thanks!

Request handled by: Mango juice^talk 12:02, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocking administrator: Please check for active autoblocks on this user after accepting the unblock request.