User talk:BitcoinGeorge

March 2020
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 request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. 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. Please request a new username 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. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text instead. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:38, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello Block.co. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to University of Central Lancashire, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Block.co. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:39, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ToBeFree, they've had their account renamed, could you review this block? Thanks, Vermont (talk) 12:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Important notice
~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:38, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2020
I have removed the block, because it was only about your username. However: 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:BitcoinGeorge, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:39, 21 April 2020 (UTC)