User talk:Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED)

 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.


 * {{unblock-spamun|Velayos20|Could you unblock me?} Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) (talk) 13:56, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) (talk) 13:27, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Do you have any form of connection with the GTED? 331dot (talk) 09:00, 24 April 2023 (UTC)


 * The GTED is one o the many projects managed by experts and economists from different organisations. I am only indirectly involved as I am communications manager in one of the co-lead institutions who developed the GTED two years ago. Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) (talk) 09:16, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That is sufficient connection to be a conflict of interest. Please read WP:COI. It might not be paid editing unless your employer is asking you to edit about the GTED. Are there any topics unrelated to the GTED you want to edit about? 331dot (talk) 09:23, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I am finding very difficult to get started: I want to use my account for two main purposes. First to be able to provide imput/additions/references/corrections to existing articles. Second, to create two or three new articles (new Wikipedia entries/pages) related to some non-profit projects i am working with in my category of communications manager. How should I proceed? Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) (talk) 09:34, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Editing about topics as the communications manager would trigger the Terms of Use required paid editing disclosure. Wikipedia isn't a place to tell the world about a topic, like what a non profit does(Wikipedia also treats non profits no differently than for profits). Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage choose on their own to say about a topic, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of notability. Writing a new article is the most difficult task to perform on Wikipedia, and it's even harder with a COI.
 * Before permitting you to indirectly contribute about topics for which you have a conflict of interest, we will want to see a history of good contributions in unrelated areas. What topic areas do you want to edit? 331dot (talk) 09:51, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Economy, taxes, banking... For example add references in existing entries from recent research publications & white papers, and projects developed within the broader community with whom I collaborate as part of my job. Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED) (talk) 10:16, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * For the sake of clarity, if you were to be unblocked, it would be with a condition that you would be prohibited from editing anything related to your COI, and that would last at minimum until you demonstrate that you can edit constructively in other, unrelated areas. Would you be willing to agree to that? Seraphimblade Talk to me 09:17, 28 May 2023 (UTC)