User talk:Lindarog

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Unblock request
The user emailed me for help as she couldn't figure out how to contact. I was kind of chosen at random due to her liking the letter R, which kind of tickles me. Without posting what she said verbatim, here's the gist of what she said:


 * She's a new user and pretty unaware of guidelines. She posted her userpage info as a way of showing her area of expertise - which translated to her posting what she does for work and a link to her website.
 * She's semi-retired and didn't have any intention of soliciting work. I take this to also mean that she also wasn't sent here to edit on behalf of her work or a client.

I don't really think she had bad intent here or if she is here as part of her job, that she wants to spam. Now assuming that she may tread into conflict of interest waters, here's some general cautions:


 * You should not directly edit articles on people or organizations that you have a conflict of interest on, but rather suggest edits on the talk page or on a WikiProject like WikiProject Composers or WP:ARTS.
 * Don't add links to a client's website to an article. If you do think that the source would be usable as a reliable source then you should go the same route - ie, leave a note on the article's talk page or a related WikiProject.
 * Example 1: I represent Sam Smith and want to update information on his article to include his most recent project per client request. Rather than edit the page directly, I post a note to the article's talk page and/or to an applicable WikiProject and request that the information be added. If the request is declined, I respond by asking for more information as to why. (If it's just basic info, odds are that it won't be declined.)
 * Example 2: I work for a company that represents Aeon Music. Recently they posted a blog post about the history of pop music and I think that it would be a good source for the article on pop music. Since I do have a conflict of interest here, I would post a request like with the biography, even though my actions here weren't requested by Aeon Music. If declined and there's no way to resolve the decline, I will have to accept that it can't be added.
 * Example 3: Aeon Music wants to be added to the article on pop music as an example of a company that publishes this music. As with the last example, I would post an edit request in the same areas. If it's declined and cannot be resolved, I will have to tell the client it cannot be done. (On a side note, it's always best with clients to tell them that edit requests for Wikipedia may not pan out before accepting the specific task.)


 * If you wish to create an article on someone/something that you would have a conflict of interest with, create it via the Articles for Creation process. The gist here is that the article will be reviewed by an uninvolved editor and if approved, it will be made live. You can edit the draft directly until it's accepted, but after publication any new edits should be done the same way you would as if you were editing an existing article, via talk page suggestions.


 * Any conflict of interest should be disclosed for transparency's sake. So in the case of draft articles, there should be a conflict of interest template on the talk page. For articles that you're suggesting edits for you can post this on the talk page as well. It is also good to post a disclosure on your userpage as well.

There's more info on this here. I know that you wrote that your edits weren't meant for promotional purposes, but I wanted to post this general info anyway, since your workplace may ask you to edit Wikipedia at some point in time, once they hear that you're editing. If they do, I strongly recommend that you create a second account for these edits. It would be something like "User:Lindarog Arts Cubed". You'd post the disclosure there as well with a link to your main account and would post a link on your user page for your main account to show that you make conflict of interest edits under that account. Only make work related edits and requests under the work account. I did this in the past with a state archive and so an example of mine would be the account. (Former username was Tokyogirl79)

In any case, I would support an unblock in this situation. Lindarog, you just need to state what you plan on doing if you were unblocked and answer any questions that MaterialScientist may have. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  06:36, 27 October 2020 (UTC)