User talk:Lifechange18

Welcome!
Hello, PioneerAcademics, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was User:PioneerAcademics/sandbox, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms our use and policy on paid editing.

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:08, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi PioneerAcademics. It appears that you are working on draft about a subject you may have some personal or professional connection with. Although Wikipedia doesn't expressly prohibit COI editing, it is something which is highly discouraged. Even though what you're working on is still technically a userspace draft, I have added the above template because it contain links to various policy and guideline pages related to COI editing. Please take the time to check these pages because being familiar with the kinds of things that Wikipedia expects of COI editors will help you avoid problems with your editing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "PioneerAcademics", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because usernames which imply they represent a particular company or organiziation, etc. are not allowed per WP:CORPNAME. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:09, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

March 2018
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. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  05:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi PioneerAcademics. I'm not an admin, so I cannot unblock you. Your username was an issue, but that usernames are something which can resolved fairly easily and it seems as if yours already has been taken care of. It's the other issues, however, which make may require further clarifying. If, as you posted above, that you were asked to create the Pioneer Academy page, then it would appear that you have at least a COI and possibly also are subject to WP:PAID. The "Paid" part can be tricky as it requires that you formally disclose your connection as specifically as possible. You also mentioned you've used your "personal page" to make appropriate edits to other articles. This seems to imply you have more than one Wikipedia account, perhaps one for personal editing and one for "work stuff". If that's the case, then you should take a look at WP:MULTIPLE since multiple accounts are generally only considered OK in certain specific cases. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:03, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I am an admin, and confirm that the points made by Marchjuly need to be addressed before unblock can be considered.--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 12:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * For clarity, COI is conflict of interest — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony Bradbury (talk • contribs) 21:09, 30 March 2018 (UTC)