User talk:ADOS101

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, ADOS101. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page American Descendants of Slavery, 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 Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
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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 Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Loksmythe (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created American Descendants of Slavery, and I noticed that your username, "ADOS101", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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November 2019
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  20:12, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

ADOS is not a group
ADOS is not a group, an organization, or a movement; it is a lineage. Telling ADOS that we can't edit a page about us is the same as saying people of Jewish descent cannot edit a page on Jewish lineage. ADOS101 (talk) 01:16, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Members of that lineage certainly can edit articles on these matters, as long as they respect our rules about neutral point of view, reliable sourcing, and disclosure of conflict of interest. But:
 * 1. We don't allow accounts in the name of an organization or movement, and according to the article you were editing "ADOS" is an abbreviation for just that.
 * 2. We don't allow group accounts, and you just posted the above statement, written in the first-person plural ("we can't edit a page about us"). It's hard not to conclude that this account is run by more than one person. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:04, 12 November 2019 (UTC)