User talk:Star5279

Being Blocked

I'm not sure why you're contacting me because I didn't block you, but I'm guessing you're were editing under the name of ISUPK. The message on that user's talk page states your name is promoting the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge. The fact that you created the page only confirms that there's a likely conflict of interest. If you can be objective, there's no rule that says you can't create or edit topics you're familiar with, but you have to remain objective. If you want to edit under your old name, you can contact the blocking administrator and change your name to something else. As far as you disagreeing with what the article states, the source given does in fact state that Southern Poverty Law Center calls ISUPK a black supremacist group. That doesn't make it so and the article reflects that by making it clear that the Southern Poverty Law Center says that. The source appears to be reliable and the user that added it did so in good faith. The fact that you left the user a a message demanding that he remove it wasn't a good move. It's also not a good idea to create additional accounts. Your main account has been blocked for good reason and you should sort that out before trying attempting to edit here again. Pinkadelica (talk) 06:21, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

• The block was, as it appeared to me, because using "ISUPK" as your username violated the username guidelines that says organization names shall not be used as an account name. Speaking as an admin, I feel that you were acting in good faith to create a new account with a different username. Also, because it's implicitly clear that you were User:ISUPK, and because it was a username block, you are not abusing multiple accounts. —C.Fred (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

• FYI, the User:ISUPK account continues to be and will remain blocked. This account has never been blocked. —C.Fred (talk) 01:13, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

• To clarify, ISUPK has been blocked for an improper username. Star5279 has not been blocked; nothing prevents that account from editing articles. —C.Fred (talk) 03:33, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge

Please see my comments at Talk:Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge. In summary, your change in username does not remove the conflict of interest you have regarding the article. However, there are ways in which you may add to the article. As I note there, because of the conflict of interest, expect other editors to give your edits more scrutiny than usual. —C.Fred (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Response

It appears an administrator has already addressed some issues concerning you username and the article you created on that article's talk page. It would be in your best interest to respond to those to get further clarification and to work out any issues you might have. As far as SchuminWeb's edits, he's another administrator that I'm sure is well versed in Wikipedia policy. It is acceptable to quote source, however, the entire article cannot be a direct copy of a source. One sentence probably isn't considered a copyvio. If you have issue with an edit, again, I urge you to bring these issues up on the article's talk page and discuss them with whomever has decided to clean up the page. If you need any additional help on Wikipedia, please feel free to contact me via my talk page and I'll do my best to help you out. Pinkadelica (talk) 03:17, 9 September 2008 (UTC)