User talk:Jackie Hus

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 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

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 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers 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 this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the 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 below, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 16:51, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Hus Gallery (talk) 15:09, 24 October 2013 (UTC) Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encyclopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. Daniel Case (talk) 16:05, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your swift response. I understand and appreciate that Wikipedia is not a business directory, and i have no intention of using it as one. I feel confident that I understand the term COI and will make sure all edits are considered very seriously in light of this. I understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and believe that the article should be amended to reflect it's notable nature. I.e relevance to contemporary art and making information regarding practising artists available to the public Hus Gallery (talk) 16:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Daniel, can you please let me know what is happening with my request for a name change? As you can see from my previous response I am now fully aware of the situation and can assure you the page will not be used as a promotional tool or a business directory. I would like to know if my name change has been accepted and if I am now able to make the necessary edits? Could you please let me know what I need to do next? Many thanks, kindest regards. Hus Gallery (talk) 13:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I for one would not currently be comfortable unblocking your account - even with a new username - if it is your intention to continue editing the Hus Gallery page directly. If you would be willing to agree to restrict yourself to proposing changes on the article's talkpage, using the template, then I'd certainly consider unblocking your account to allow you to file for a change of username. Yunshui  雲 &zwj; 水  11:32, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes I would be happy to submit edits for review. At the moment the information on the page is incorrect and just needs to be updated to reflect relevant factual information, so I am willing to agree to have my edits restricted. Please tell me what I should do next. Many thanks 81.133.126.30 (talk) 11:09, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, in that case I'll ask the blocking admin to take another look at the account, and assuming he's happy too, one or other of us will unblock. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  11:16, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Yunshui, I'll await instruction after you have submitted the request. I wonder would it be better to recreate the article as a stub? Many thanks Hus Gallery (talk) 11:25, 1 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, Yunshui has chosen to consult the blocking administrator, and we will see what emerges from that. However, if you can say that your editing "could be seen as self-promotion", it seems improbable that you have sufficient ability to see your own writing objectively to be able to write neutrally on the subject. Your edit was completely and blatantly promotional, with no "could be seen" about it. Also, you are damned lucky that the original version of the article wasn't speedily deleted as pure spam almost as soon as it was created. It is only because other editors have reduced the promotional content that the article still exists at all. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:57, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your opinion JamesBWatson, I will certainly take your comments on board, although I do find your tone a little aggressive. It has never been my intention to offend anyone, this process has been a learning experience and I am taking on board all the advice that has been given. I am confident in my own ability to re-write the article as it should have initially been written, but am happy to be restricted and have any future edits submitted for approval. I am trying to amend mistakes that have been made, I understand previous edits have been unacceptable and I apologise if this has offended anyone. Hus Gallery (talk) 12:25, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I apologise for the tone of my comments. I accept that I did not choose the best way to express myself. I know from my own experience when I first started editing Wikipedia that it can be intimidating to a newcomer, and I had no intention of contributing to that sort of experience for you. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:49, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I submitted my request for change of username as permitted last week, but I'm unsure whether it has been allowed/actioned? How will I know when I am able to submit edits for approval? Thank you in advance for your help in this matter. Hus Gallery (talk) 15:21, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, your username has been changed, as you can see at the top of this page, so you are good to go. Do read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide; it is hard for new users, because we do not do enough to explain it, to understand just how austere is Wikipedia's attitude to promotion. What may seem to you to be "just telling the world" about your gallery or your clients is not what an encyclopedia is about - there are sites like Myspace and Facebook for that, but if Wikipedia is more useful than those sites, it is only because it has more demanding standards. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:34, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Re-reading this, I am puzzled to see that although your account was renamed three days ago, your today's message today bears the old signature. I'm not sure how that could happen: next time you log in, make sure that on the Login form the name in the "Username" box is "Jackie Hus", and check that your  signature comes out as that. If not, leave a message for me and I will look into it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:50, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Your username problem
This is very puzzling. Please do a final check for me: log out now and then log in again, making sure that the name in the "Username" box on the login form is "Jackie Hus". Then write a reply for me below here, confirming that you did that, and sign it with ~. If it still comes up with the "Gallery" signature, I will ask for help from the Bureaucrats, who actually do account renamings. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:20, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * John's right: what happened is that you're still logged into the old "Hus Gallery" name, and the software automatically re-created a "Hus Gallery" account for you. (For the record, I *think* this is a side effect of SUL: the Hus Gallery account doesn't exist on en.wiki, because of the rename, but it wasn't renamed on all the other sites, so SUL automatically re-created it for Jackie when they tried to log in with the Hus Gallery name.) As John says, try logging out, and then be sure to log in with the name "Jackie Hus", and that should fix the problem. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 22:27, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Changes to the gallery page
See WP:PSCOI. The best way is to propose changes on the article talk page, and let someone uninvolved make them. If there is no response after a few days, put helpme on the page, to attract someone. JohnCD (talk) 22:25, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi John, I think it has changed over now? 81.133.126.30 (talk) 10:55, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Oh hold on, how about now? Jackie Hus (talk) 11:00, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's got it. Just make sure you sign in like that from now on. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  11:01, 6 December 2013 (UTC)