User talk:Mg1066

Sockpuppetry
Forgive me, but you wouldn't happen to be the same person - or associated with the person - that was editing under the user name Hkcenter, would you? I only ask because this account was created less than five minutes after Hkcenter was blocked by and immediately began editing an article that was being worked on by the blocked account. Striker force Talk 17:12, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's the same person. The account got blocked because of the name resembling an institution. I created this account because I was in the process of trying to add citations and other revisions to the page to try to save it before it got deleted. I'm not trying to cause any trouble, I'm really just trying to rectify the situation and I've never used Wikipedia before so I don't really know what I'm doing. Mg1066 (talk) 17:22, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, but you specifically can't do that. There is a process for renaming that must be followed and was available on the talk page of the original account. As I mentioned on the original account's talk page, you must properly disclose your status as a paid editor before you make any additional edits. An administrator will have to sort out the sockpuppetry. Striker force Talk 17:25, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * (I have struck parts of my comment above, as I had a momentary brain fart and forgot that the process for rename states "may simply create a new account" and doesn't require that a user should follow the template request for renaming the previous account, but instead recommends it.) With apologies to for that specific commentary,  Striker force Talk 17:35, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * So it's acceptable that I simply created a new account? I sincerely apologize for not disclosing my employment status. I'm trying to read through how to do that now, it's just a bit confusing. I understand that there is template, but I do not understand where exactly that is supposed to be inserted. I also see that there are still a bunch of flags on the page I'm trying to edit. Do you have any advice for how to fix this mess? I'm really sorry for all the questions, but, as I said this is my first time using Wikipedia in this capacity and it's much more difficult than I anticipated. Mg1066 (talk) 17:46, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually, all of my edits have been removed, which is probably a good thing at this point. However, some of the information is incorrect or out of date (the whole reason I was trying to make changes in the first place). Starting from scratch, is there a first step I should take to properly proceed? Again, I am so sorry for this confusion and the trouble I may have caused and I thank you so much for being patient with me and guiding me through this. Mg1066 (talk) 17:49, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it was acceptable to have created a new account. I am the one that removed all of your edits. I have moved the copyrighted information into a page in my User space and will work on revising after a meeting here in a few minutes. I think that I can rescue the article. I can also help you with the paid disclosure, if someone else doesn't come along and beat me to it. Striker force Talk 17:52, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you so so much! You have been so kind and I really appreciate it! Mg1066 (talk) 18:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Just to reiterate, Mg1066 did the correct thing by creating a new account under a name that represents themselves as an individual. Strikerforce, I thank you for your efforts to ensure that COI and paid editing policies are enforced. In the future, please remember that WP:BITE applies to everyone except blatantly malicious editors, and sockpuppetry allegations are taken quite seriously. Encouraging users to start fresh has been a tenet of the "soft" username block protocol for as long as I've been an admin, and since that will be a decade at the end of the month, I'm not sure how you missed that. ;) I've hidden the offending revisions of the Francis Gavin page containing copyright violations, and I've also done the same at User:Strikerforce/Francis Gavin rewrite—a copyvio in userspace is still a copyvio, and in addition to the existing plagiarism of the source material, you also neglected to fulfill WP:COPYWITHIN when you reproduced Mg1066's changes without proper attribution. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 18:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * All fair points. We use so many templates around here that they can be a bit tricky to keep them all straight sometimes. My mistake and I, again, apologize to for it. I have made a significant copy edit to the article. There are a lot of details from the last good version that I stripped away for lack of references. They're out there, I've no doubt, but I just didn't have time at the moment to find and insert them into the article. This version at least brings the subject's current position into the article without copyvio concerns.  Striker force Talk 20:23, 7 September 2018 (UTC)