User talk:318management

April 2020
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

If you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page.  Acroterion   (talk)   17:59, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You have not proposed a new username as instructed. Your username must indicate that you and you alone are operating this account(your real name is not required). Your one edit was a blatant advertisement for your agency, which is not permitted. I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding as to what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia is completely unconcerned with enhancing search results for your clients. This is an encyclopedia, which has articles that summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage state about subjects that meet Wikipedia's special definition of notability; in this case, the definition of a notable musician. Wikipedia is not interested in what an article subject(either directly or through a representative) wants to say about itself. Please read about conflict of interest and paid editing, two policies you violated. If your only goal here is to promote your clients, this is the end of the road for your Wikipedia career. If you want to be an individual, general contributor, please agree not to make any edits related to your conflict of interest and tell what topics you will edit about instead, along with your proposal for a new username. 331dot (talk) 18:21, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

My apologies, I thought that I had to create a user page describing who/what I was, which is why I made the post under the user page. I am new to the platform and was unsure how to properly do everything. I am currently watching YouTube videos on how to use the wikipedia platform. I want to include articles that have already been written about my client. I can have one of his fans write it and show sources of all articles if needed. However, from my understanding, I thought it was the manager who needed to make these posts. My goal is not to solely promote my client but to have the information that is already on the internet about him all in one place, preferably Wikipedia. He was on American Idol and made it very far on the show, which they have articles on, there are also articles from the CMT network, where his music video premiered at #5 on their countdown. He has also currently signed with CAA (creative artists agency) With that being said, I am just wanting to showcase all of the articles which are already written about him as well as provide information on his early life as well as present day, musical influences, etc. Please let me know if this is something I need to do or if I need to have a fan or publicist put together. And again, sorry for the misunderstanding. Thank you.
 * If you ask a fan or publicist to do it for you, that is considered to be no different than you doing it yourself. It is still a conflict of interest.  Wikipedia much prefers that independent editors take note of subjects and write about them, if those subjects meet the Wikipedia definition of notability.  In this case, your client would need to meet the Wikipedia definition of a notable musician and hope that an independent editor decides to write about them, if they have significant coverage in independent reliable sources(not press releases, routine announcements, interviews, or other primary sources).  If you just want to tell the world about your client, you should use social media or an alternative forum where that is permitted. Wikipedia is not free webspace for you to have a central information repository of your clients.  I'm sorry. 331dot (talk) 18:43, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay! Understood. My apologies, I was under the impression from other managers that it was appropriate to write about their artists on wikipedia, as some have done. Seen Here Which is what we were trying to do for the artist I manage also. Again, sorry for the misunderstanding and confusion on my end!

My last question is, would there be a way to possibly contact and editor and pitch them the sources we have as well as his music for a possible write up on Wiki? If not, again, I understand and will just wait for the time that someone does an article on him! However, please let me know! Thank you
 * As I said, if you contact an editor to "pitch" to them an article, it is no different than if you attempted to write it yourself, it is still a conflict of interest. The one thing that you can do is make a request at Requested Articles, but there are literally thousands upon thousands of requests there and it may be a long time before it is acted on. I'm afraid there isn't much more you can do.  I would suggest that you not reveal other articles based on off-wiki relationships that you might have, as you might expose others to being found to be undeclared paid editors or otherwise outing other users.  You might want to pass this discussion around your agency and also include the conflict of interest and paid editing policies. 331dot (talk) 19:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Noted! Thank you, I will just put in a request and/or wait for someone to do an article on him. I would also like to clarify I am not revealing a relationship that I have with the editor that did the article that I sent over. All I know is that the wiki page that I attached previously did exactly what I tried to do myself, which is why I thought it was appropriate. I will be sure that everyone on our team understands wikipedias rules and I can assure you that there will be no paid editing from us - as I said, he is an independent artist, therefore there is nothing in our budgets for paid promotion - hence why I am the one requesting to set the page up! But I completely understand the use of this platform when pertaining to creating artist profiles! Thank you for your time and apologies for the inconvenience. I hope you and your family stay safe during this time! I will be sure to delete and/or deactivate my account promptly after your response!
 * You won't be able to make a request unless you are unblocked, and you won't be if there are no other edits you want to make. Being a paid editor does not just mean "paid promotion"; any paid relationship with the subject triggers the need for the formal disclosures required by the paid editing policy(including editing about a client).
 * You are only permitted to remove content that is not a declined unblock request from this page; declined unblock requests must remain until the block is removed. Accounts cannot be deleted for both technical and legal reasons, if you have no more intentions of editing, just abandon the account. 331dot (talk) 20:49, 8 April 2020 (UTC)