User talk:Mark Leeds

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 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. Alexf(talk) 15:07, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I have fixed the dead link. As you realised it is not proper to self-publish an update; this needs to be published in an independent source. 'DrLeeds' is the brand name of your commercial practice, as can be seen here, so it cannot be your username. 'Mark Leeds' is available if you wish. If you propose an acceptable new username, then I am prepared to talk to the blocking admin about unblocking you. Just Chilling (talk) 20:52, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for fixing the dead link. I am completely agreeable to changing my username to 'Mark Leeds'. Thank you. Drleeds (talk) 21:07, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Globally renamed 'Drleeds' to 'Mark Leeds'. Just Chilling (talk) 21:29, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * May I have your views on an unblock, please? Just Chilling (talk) 21:36, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok with the new name. Before it matched the name of the spammy link as caught by filters in OpenEMR. Still user has to be aware of COI issues. -- Alexf(talk) 00:27, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand the COI issue now and I will not repeat this mistake. I apologize for my actions and I appreciate your time and effort with respect to this matter. Honestly, I just got excited to see my own name referenced in any capacity in Wikipedia and I got carried away in fixing the broken link. I won't do it again. Mark Leeds (talk) 01:23, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest
Hello, Mark Leeds. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Just Chilling (talk) 00:56, 19 October 2017 (UTC)