User talk:John Dos Passos Literary Estate

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 19:18, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Request to Unblock

 * Amended unblock request to be an unblock-un. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 18:45, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Before I or another administrator approves this request, can you confirm that you have read and understood the following policies: Once you have confirmed that you understand all of the above and the policies that have been linked to, I or another administrator will act on your unblock request. Singularity42 (talk) 19:24, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) WP:Conflict of interest. Your stated intention is to contribute to an article about your grandfather.  This raises clear conflict of interest issues.
 * 2) WP:No original research. Given your closeness with the subject at hand, you must understand that you are contributing to Wikipedia as an editor of an article, not a contributer of original information.
 * 3) WP:Reliable sources. Generally, Wikipedia requires all content to be verified using third-party reliable sources.  The editor's role and expertise is irrelevant - all that matters is that it can be verified.  Therefore, given you have stated that you want editors to know your expertise in this area, you need to understand why that does not add any additional weight to your editing contributions.

Understood
I have read and understood the policies described and linked. I believe my edits fall in the category of "non-controversial edits," since they are limited to changing the publication date for a book, and adding external links and further reading. I believe that scrutiny will reveal these citations and sources to be reliable and authoritative. Thank you.
 * I'm going to unblock this, so you can create your new account. Be very careful about conflict of interest. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)