User talk:City of New Albany

Hello City of New Albany, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:26, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

RE: New Albany, Ohio...
Hello, just out of curiosity, do you work for the city of New Albany? Your username, and the fact that you are only editing that page, might be a conflict of interest... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:29, 27 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, yes I work for the city. I did not realize there was a conflict of interest component to wikipedia. I was trying to clear up some "facts" on the page that were not accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by City of New Albany (talk • contribs)


 * Ok, well I'm not sure exactly what needs to be done about it, I'm just recently back from a long break myself, but I think you need to make a declaration on your user page due to the conflict of interest... I have contacted an admin to check up on this and help you with whatever needs to be done... I would suggest looking at WP:COI first, and you can check out the editing tutorial if you need help with basic edits... we don't mind you editing, but you can't just simply copy and paste information from other sources, even if you work there... if you have any questions, feel free to ask here on your talk page or on my talk page. Also, please indent your conversations appropriately using the : key, and sign your talk page posts with ~ so we know who said what, and when... - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:52, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020
Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, City of New Albany, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.'''A username should not be promotional, appear to represent a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. However, you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87". You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:41, 28 January 2020 (UTC)