User talk:Alice Angstrom

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created BASIS Schools, and I noticed that your username, "BASISeditor", 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, 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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 * Hi Peaceray,
 * I believe my user name does not violate your policy, because it identifies me as an individual. I am an editor for BASIS, so I think "BASISeditor" should still comply under your conditions, right? Please let me know if I am misunderstanding or you still believe it may violate your policy.
 * I will not share my credentials with anyone else, and I will contribute only in an unbiased manner, using factual information and cited sources.
 * Best,
 * BASISeditor (talk) 16:49, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Your beliefs about your username are incorrect -- needs to be changed. In addition, your assurances are not enough, that fact that you only edit articles connected with BASIS indicates that you probably have a conflict of interest. Please read WP:COI to understand what steps you must take as an editor with a conflict of interest.If you do not change your name, continue to edits these artitlces alone, and shows signs of violating WP:NPOV by pushing a particular point of view (POV), it is likely that you will be blocked from editing at some point.  To stop this, please change your name (go to WP:CHU) and edit within Wikipedia's policies. Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:14, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

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November 2018
un Hello, BASISeditor. Concerns have been raised that your username may be incompatible with policy. You can contribute to the discussion about it at the page for requests for comment on usernames. Alternatively, if you agree that your username may be problematic and are willing to change it, it is possible for you to keep your present contributions history under a new name. Simply request a new name at Changing username following the guidelines on that page, rather than creating a whole new account. Thank you. Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:39, 5 November 2018 (UTC) --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:39, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:BASISeditor, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 20:03, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello BASISeditor -- It appears yours is a single-purpose account. Please refer to Single-purpose_account. You are making changes without citation, changes that are consistent with that of a paid PR person. Rhadow (talk) 01:50, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

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.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than 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:
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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:21, 6 November 2018 (UTC) --UTRSBot (talk) 22:55, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

break to make page more manageable
Hi there. I am happy to change my username to something completely unrelated (i.e., Alice Angstrom, if accepted). I greatly regret choosing it all all, and did so to create transparency and identity. I do see that I was wrong in selecting it, but I am currently unable to change it while blocked. As I mentioned, I did attempt to change after seeing the related messages, but my requested name was not accepted, and by then I had been blocked. Would I be allowed to edit BASIS articles if I add the previously suggested "paid" disclosure and steer far from promotional language? Establish a more neutral POV? And also include other POVs? Thanks BASISeditor (talk) 17:22, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. I am the admin who blocked your account (as explained above). I see that has already renamed your account, and so I am going to unblock you now. Please add the required paid contribution disclosures to your user page as necessary. Please see the instructions at Paid-contribution disclosure, or in a nutshell:
 * add to your user page (you will have to create one)
 * add to the talk page of any article you edit in exchange for compensation of any kind (i.e. Talk:Basis Schools)
 * If you need help with these templates please let us know. You may wish to read our plain and simple guide to conflict of interest. You should not edit articles related to your employer directly, but please see our process for requesting an edit to those articles. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:42, 8 November 2018 (UTC)


 * As for your question about capitalization, this is discussed in our manual of style on trademarks which essentially say that for stylized initialisms of this sort, we follow the usual rules of common English capitalization (capitalize the first letter only - see also MOS:TMSTYLE). Trademarks that properly start with one lowercase letter followed by a capitalized second letter (e.g. eBay, iPod) is a special case, explained further down that page. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:51, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance and for the opportunity to improve. Alice Angstrom (talk) 21:20, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

further unblock discussion
Hello BASISeditor -- Your first edit to Basis Schools was made 12 October 2018. It was an alteration of content without attribution -- changing the number of schools. In a series of edits following, you added the words "received accolades" and "earning the top five spots and more among the 2017 Best High Schools." You deleted the majority of another paragraph, claiming, "erroneous information describing the structure and duties of the BASIS business units." You are an employee of the subject. Your user name seeks to establish authority by naming the company.

A Wikipedia article is not intended as an adjunct to your company website or other marketing materials. Your addition solely of information favorable to the subject certainly appears biased. NPOV would indicate adding text about about the questionable practice of Arizona locations asking for parental contributions to publicly-funded schools. Just because information is true doesn't make its inclusion NPOV.

I announce my intention here to substantially edit the awards text in the article. There is no particular reason that half of the column inches in the article need to be devoted to WaPo and UNS&WR vanity awards.

I don't write about myself or my company to avoid even the appearance of COI. I suggest you do the same. I agree with the block on your account. Rhadow (talk) 18:11, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm -- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) and I endorse this message.-- Dloh cier ekim   (talk) 20:57, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

globally renamed BASISeditor to Alice Angstrom
globally renamed BASISeditor to Alice Angstrom -- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 17:26, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Alice, you've not completed your required disclosure, as your userpage is still a redlink. Be advised that although we allow paid editing, the vast majority of editors oppose it, some like myself strongly. Except for reverting clear VANDALISM (by our definition, not yours), you are strongly discouraged from directly editing any article connected with your company, and I for one will immediately revert any edit made by you without prior consensus. I've been battling COI editing on school articles for five years now, and frankly I think paid editing is despicable and totally contrary to the Wikipeda ethos. Your schools have been repeatedly criticized for excess profits. Spend that money on advertising if you wish, but hijacking a noble project like Wikipeda for your profit is foul, period. John from Idegon (talk) 22:28, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I see that you have edited Basis Educational Group also. Your disclosure notice needs to be posted there and if you intend to edit the individual school articles, on those too. John from Idegon (talk) 22:46, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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