User talk:Sunflowersblooming

Proposed deletion of Alan J. Auerbach

Hello, Sunflowersblooming. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Alan J. Auerbach, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:

1. edit the page
2. remove the text that looks like this: {{proposed deletion/dated...}}
3. save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:25, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

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Paid Editing

Hello Sunflowersblooming. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, and that you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Sunflowersblooming. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Sunflowersblooming|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. Winged Blades^Godric 09:25, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello, @Winged Blades of Godric:. I am not a paid editor, and do apologize if any of my recent edits don't comply with Wikipedia requirements? What should I do now? Thank you.Sunflowersblooming (talk) 09:50, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Sunflowersblooming, I had just come to ask the same question. Your answer does not match your edits. Please reconsider. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 11:35, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

• Bruce Flatt has been a particularly insidious example of paid editing, see:Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 August 4. The current version also carries all the hallmarks of a commissioned work. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

January 2018

I have blocked this account indefinitely as your editing pattern strongly suggests undisclosed paid editing. The fact that this account was created 3 days after this, and the overlap with Bruce Flatt is enough to suspect that this account is related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/BurritoSlayer. If you believe this block is made in error, please follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks. Thank you. Alex Shih (talk) 12:41, 4 January 2018 (UTC)