User talk:JoeLhota

Welcome![edit]

Hello, JoeLhota, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially your edits to Joe Lhota. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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January 2017[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "JoeLhota", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Joe Lhota. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. JesseRafe (talk) 16:05, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Joe Lhota. Why can't I use JoeLhota as my user name,

If you are the Joe Lhota that is the subject of the article, the policy at WP:REALNAME suggests you should declare that in your edits or userpage, but aside from that, it would appear that you either inherently have a conflict of interest or you are impersonating the public figure. JesseRafe (talk) 22:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JoeLhota. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Joe Lhota, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Meters (talk) 19:43, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop editing Joe Lhota. You have a clear conflict of interest and should propose any changes on the talk page so that they can be discussed by editors with no conflict of interest. Meters (talk) 19:29, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop assuming ownership of articles as you did at Joe Lhota. Behavior such as this is regarded as disruptive, and is a violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Winged Blades^Godric 08:24, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

February 2017[edit]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, JoeLhota, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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Please be willing and able to prove your identity to Wikipedia.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 21:18, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, you've been blocked for abusing multiple accounts. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 21:18, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]