User talk:LT Sun Fin Tech

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Thesunexchange", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Cahk (talk) 17:14, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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, 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 this 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. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:26, 30 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Two things: firstly, please have only one unblock request at a time open - any further comments which you make, just make them at the bottom of this page, without inserting them into a template; secondly, please note that there is no Wikipedia editorial staff, as such. Decisions made in relation to submitted and/or existing edits are made exclusively by editors of equivalent skill and responsibility to those editors already involved with your edits. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 20:38, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Anthony.

Here are a few lines of text that appear on Wikipedia with respect to the Sandbox:

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 * I am disabling the last two unblock request templates, which are not unblock requests, but rather additional comments following on from the previous unblock request. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 14:59, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

- what's your take on this unblock request? Do you think the argument has any merit? PhilKnight (talk) 01:57, 10 June 2016 (UTC) I will not write in violation of the COI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LT Sun Fin Tech (talk • contribs) 01:36, 11 June 2016‎ (UTC)
 * Advertisement is not allowed anywhere in Wikipedia (See: WP:NOTADVERTISING, ...This applies to usernames, articles, categories, files, talk page discussions, templates, and user pages). Now that you learned that, please tell us what kind of edits would you make if unblocked? Would you continue to write about your company (in violation of WP:COI), or not?  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Yes, but as explained above, you have to:
 * 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.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:00, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd say "Please do not put inappropriate things like copyrighted material, swearing, or other attacks in the sandbox" covers this situation. No, we don't explicitly mention that you should not put blatant advertisements in your sandbox. We also don't explicitly mention many other inappropriate things one shouldn't put in a sandbox. It should be obvious that publishing blatantly promotional content anywhere on Wikipedia is inappropriate. I'm also concerned by the blanket assumption that the articles on competitors must have been written by those competitors. In combination, this does not suggest that LT Sun Fin Tech is here to improve the encyclopedia. Thus I personally would not unblock this user. Huon (talk) 17:41, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

I agree that the statement "Please do not put inappropriate..." could cover promotional material. However, for the sake of clarity, can I recommend that (1) you include 'promotional material' in this list, and (2) that you when you tell users that sandbox articles are 'not for real' please also prominently inform new users that administrators will be monitoring usage and blocking those that don't follow the COI. Perhaps I missed it, but one or multiple references / links to the COI would also have been useful.

I can imagine that a large group of new Wikipedia editors mistakenly believe that the site could be used for some type of promotional activity, and I would surmise that administrators spend much time blocking people who misunderstand this. In my opinion, it would be more efficient for all if it was disclosed that promotional activity in the sandbox isn't appropriate, and that users can be blocked in connection with it.

I now understand that my connection to The Sun Exchange precludes my writing anything about it in the sandbox. I would like to contribute in other ways as an editor in future, but I can understand the Wikipedia administrators' concerns, and I respect your final decision.

I am an expert in banking and finance, particularly as it relates to the Asia Pacific region. I am also recently involved with a company (Sun Exchange) which is promoting access to electricity via tiny solar installations to developing areas in Africa, Asia and elsewhere, utilizing new technologies such as blockchain smart contracts, digital currencies, and the Internet of Things. Although I cannot write about the activities of this particular company, in future I might contribute to articles about solar power in developing nations and the financial and engineering technologies employed. I hope that I might contribute to the encyclopedia by leveraging this knowledge.