User talk:MARTin.Hinterdorfer

Unblock condition proposal
Hi ,

The English Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline contains the following advice for paid editors, in addition to WP:PAID's strict requirements:


 * you must disclose who is paying you, on whose behalf the edits are made, and any other relevant affiliation;
 * you should make the disclosure on your user page, on affected talk pages, and whenever you discuss the topic;
 * you are very strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly;
 * you may propose changes on talk pages by using the template or by posting a note at the COI noticeboard, so that they can be peer reviewed;
 * you should put new articles through the Articles for Creation (AfC) process instead of creating them directly;
 * you must not act as a reviewer of affected article(s) at AfC, new pages patrol or elsewhere;
 * you should respect volunteers by keeping discussions concise (see WP:PAYTALK).

I propose the following unblock conditions for an indefinite duration:


 * you will disclose who is paying you, on whose behalf the edits are made, and any other relevant affiliation;
 * you will do so by placing the Connected contributor (paid) template on the talk page of all articles you're paid to propose changes to;
 * you will never edit existing articles in the article namespace directly; (exceptions: purely typographical fixes, and reverting obvious vandalism/BLP violations under the strict conditions of WP:BANEX. Also, of course, you may edit articles you have no COI/connection to, like any other volunteer)
 * instead, you will request changes on the talk page of such articles, using request edit;
 * you will put new articles through the Articles for Creation (AfC) process instead of creating them directly;
 * you will never act as a reviewer at AfC, new pages patrol or elsewhere;
 * you will respect volunteers by keeping discussions concise (see WP:PAYTALK).

Alternatively:


 * you will never make edits with a conflict of interest at any time in the future.

Does any of these two proposals seem acceptable to you? While an agreement is binding, these conditions can be appealed by you at WP:AN at any later time – for example, after a record of helpful contributions has been established.

Thank you very much in advance and best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:14, 12 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you ~ ToBeFree for the quick check and reply. As I startet with the "Notice of paid work relating to Wikipedia" here I'd like to ad the templates and proceed as described, 'cause that's the way the (new) rules are like, hope you could un-block my account and I could so work in the two ways (paid & voluntarily), regards --mARTin 13:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * p.s.: I startet a new artivle - Draft:Harald Schmied - which is a no paid - volunteer - work, is that o.k. and could that be used as draft to continue or do non-paid-articles also need to go through the Articles for Creation (AfC)) --mARTin 14:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you very much. Regarding Draft:Harald Schmied, creating a "Draft:" is already the correct process: When you have finished the article, do not move the draft yourself. Instead, simply place "{{subst:submit}}" anywhere on the page, and it will be reviewed by an independent reviewer. The reviewer will then move the article to "Harald Schmied". For independent volunteer articles, you may like to add a message to the talk page, at Draft talk:Harald Schmied, saying something like "This was not a paid contribution. I have written this article without any connection to the topic. I do not have a conflict of interest regarding Harald Schmied." For paid articles, you must add Connected contributor (paid) instead of this message.
 * I will probably soon unblock your account. I'll need a moment to ask and  for their approval, as they are the blocking administrators in this case.
 * I believe that the open, clearly disclosed way you have been editing Wikipedia even before "WP:PAID" existed, the unconditional agreement to the proposal and the additional interest in volunteer, non-paid contributions are commendable, and we shouldn't punish you for being one of the few people who have always been honest about their payments.
 * Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . I have no objection to unblocking MARTin.Hinterdorfer under these terms and conditions. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  18:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Given that Cullen is OK with it, so am I. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:19, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, ✅. You are welcome to remove all these messages from your talk page; they are now for your information only. The unblock conditions are logged in the block log. Welcome back. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:01, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

A belated welcome!


Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, MARTin.Hinterdorfer. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:


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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:01, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Cookies accepted ~ ToBeFree 😎 --mARTin 16:08, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * 😄👍 ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:09, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Harald Schmied
 Harald Schmied, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_talk/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Harald_Schmied help desk] . Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider.

Thanks again, and happy editing! 1292simon (talk) 03:04, 22 May 2020 (UTC)