User talk:Sharonschreiberg

Edit with a conflict of interest

Hello, Sharonschreiberg. 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please also be aware of our policy regarding misuse of multiple accounts as you appear to be in breach of it. -- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 15:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse of multiple accounts

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for Abuse of multiple accounts.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

You appear to be the same person as the two editors blocked per this AN3 report. COI-affected users should not edit articles directly, and especially shouldn't undo the changes made by regular editors trying to enforce our standards. EdJohnston (talk) 22:44, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

Request reason:

As a new user, I didn't realize that I was supposed to create a user account. There was an edit button on the page, so I used it. Once I understood that I needed to create an account, I did so and posted a COI notice in my profile as directed. I made a mistake and corrected it immediately. Now I have been banned because I made mistakes as a newbie on my first day. I didn't realize that I had a COI. (I didn't even know what that acronym meant.) Once I asked for assistance and got clarification of the issues, I made the changes. It's rather off-putting to be accused of being "duplicitous" because I made honest mistakes on my first attempt at editing content. The message to me says that ExpressViewPortal is banned. I do not have an account by that name, nor do I know who that is.

Sharonschreiberg (talk) 23:16, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Per assurances below. EdJohnston (talk) 01:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sharonschreiberg. You appear to be saying you are the same person as the anonymous editor who was working on the article recently. That would be 96.244.140.242 (talk · contribs). Is this correct? Did you notice that a whole series of messages were left for you at User talk:96.244.140.242? EdJohnston (talk) 00:36, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ed -- Yes, I was the anonymous editor. Once I realized that I shouldn't edit anonymously, I created an account.

I didn't see the messages at first. When I did see them, I went to Help to ask for clarification. The person I messaged with explained the problems. Upon his direction, I created a user profile and noted my COI. I also updated the content based on his clarifications. He reviewed my final edits and said that they looked okay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharonschreiberg (talk • contribs)

Sharonschreiberg, please double check the message at the top of your talk page. It is called "Edits with a conflict of interest". Not to belabor the obvious, but did you notice there are five bolded pieces of advice there? I draw your attention to #1, avoid creating.. and #2, propose changes.. Can you please state whether you understand those two points, and are willing to follow them? EdJohnston (talk) 01:05, 18 July 2020 (UTC

Ed, yes I understand them now and will follow them. Yesterday was my first time to enter content, and I was figuring out what to do and unintentionally broke the rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharonschreiberg (talk • contribs)

That part sounds good. Now you should learn how to participate on talk pages. When you post a new comment it should go at the bottom of the thread. A new comment can be indented from those above it by entering a colon ':'. You should be signing your posts. This is done by adding four tildes '~~~~' at the end of your post, or by hitting the squiggly symbol that may appear above your edit window. I encourage you to try adding your signature to a trial post. I will wait to assist, if necessary. EdJohnston (talk) 01:16, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is this correct?: Sharonschreiberg (talk) 01:19, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's good except it's not properly indented under the posts above it. Try editing your last comment. Add four colons at the beginning of your line and do a 'Save'. EdJohnston (talk) 01:21, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Will I be unblocked? Sharonschreiberg (talk) 01:34, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I have unblocked your account. You are expected to follow the COI rules from now on. The kinds of things you were trying to add to the Congregation's article were not in the usual Wikipedia style. Until you can figure out the style, you may be disappointed with your progress. Consider looking at other pages for ideas. Type 'Congregation Beth' in the search box and see all the existing pages that pop up on other congregations. For example, Congregation Beth Elohim. If you have a change to propose, you can use the {{request edit}} template at Talk: Beth Shalom Congregation (Columbia, Maryland) and someone will get back to you. There is also a noticeboard at WT:JUDAISM that might be able to help. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 01:42, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will do that. Sharonschreiberg (talk) 01:48, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]