User talk:AlessaMason

January 2024
Welcome to Wikipedia. Your account has been blocked from editing because your username gives the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website. '''Your username is the principal reason for the block. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy, which is summarized here.'''

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Thank you. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 10:10, 4 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * All of the edits made were legitimate and a lot of effort was put into those edits. Can they please be replaced? The edits were not paid for, they were volunteer labour only. Thank you. I will request a username change. 162.208.16.120 (talk) 15:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi again,
 * Apologies, I have now signed in. Yes, I plan and intend on adhering to WP:COI. Thank you SWAPGlobal (talk) 15:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Renamed so unblocked. Remember, you must disclose your conflict of interest before editing further, and should avoid any direct edits to articles for which you have a conflict (suggested edits on the article talk pages are fine). --Yamla (talk) 15:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi again,
 * Thank you kindly. Can the edits previously made be re-instated, please? I don't believe I have a conflict of interest here as I was collating URLs in local Hamilton activism. Our local media outloets (CHCH, the Spectator) often delte video footage, and some of the footage was archived so it is available but not from their original sources, for example. Please advise? Thank you again 107.190.118.134 (talk) 15:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No. And you blatantly have a conflict of interest. You must sign in to your account and you must declare your conflict of interest. I'll be incredibly disappointed if it turns out you mislead me when I unblocked you. --Yamla (talk) 16:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Dear Yamla,
 * This is not the case. Sorry, I am trying to log back in now and am having trouble with my password. Where does one declare a conflict of interest? No editing can be done in this case? Even if the information is accurate, correct, and truthful? 107.190.118.134 (talk) 16:09, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi again, I was able to sign in :) AlessaMason (talk) 16:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for signing in. How to declare your conflict is explained in WP:COI. You are free to suggest edits on the article talk page and you already agreed to this prior to being unblocked. --Yamla (talk) 16:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Dear Yamla,
 * Thank you for clarifying 162.208.16.120 (talk) 16:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)