User talk:HireRight

January 2019
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:
 * 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.

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. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * First off, you absolutely cannot use the name of the company as your username. That is not open to negotiation, you will need to let us know what new username you would like. It could even be @HireRight, that's fine, it just has to represent you as an individual.


 * To address your question: frankly, Wikipedia does not care what your superiors want. It only cares what reliable sources have already said about the organization. This is not social media, it is an encyclopedia and therefore completely inappropriate for article subjects to have control of pages related to them.


 * However, this is hardly an uncommon scenario and there are mechanisms in place to allow persons in your position to contribute. One important thing is that you must publicly declare if you are editing for pay. Of course you can't do that while blocked but it should be at the top of your list if and when this block is lifted. I would encourage you to read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, which is aimed exactly at this sort of situation, and then file a new unblock request that reflects a little more understanding of Wikiepdia as well as a proposed new username. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:53, 4 February 2019 (UTC)