User talk:Mitch at WSIG

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account. Please take a moment to either create a new account, or request a change of username of your current account here. The new username must represent only yourself as an individual and comply with Wikipedia's username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit. Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company". If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text   at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. Secretlondon (talk) 02:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I apologize if this is a little rough, this is my first dive into using wikipedia. I submitted to change the account username to "Mitch at WSIG" which does seem to be within guidelines.

Now that your name's been changed, what else would you edit since our conflict of interest policy (shorter version) is not favorable to you continuing to edit the article about WSIG? Daniel Case (talk) 06:06, 18 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Well to elaborate, WSIG (World Security Information Group) is strictly me at the moment. The whole idea is to make more accurate information about world armed forces and capabilities more easily accessible. A lot of people are uneducated on the matter and giving a good outlet for that is easy to access and has the most up to date and correct information is very important. Unfortunately, there's a lot of propaganda out there and fear mongering and the best solution is accurate and honest information that is easy as possible to find. That is more goal here, and it is solely me here. I am looking into the possibility of bringing more people on board, but they would be strictly in gathering information and keeping up to date on current affairs. I myself alone would be the dictating what I edit with no outside influence. With all of that being said, if it would be best to remove WSIG from the username completely I'd be completely fine with that, because I don't want to give any indication, I'm being guided by a company to put any of my edits on Wikipedia for their benefit. Thank you for the response. Mitch at WSIG (talk) 13:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * One thing - we need to be careful about referencing. It has to be referenced to reliable sources - which is different from being true. Wikipedia likes western broadsheets, so we do end up with a western bias on geopolitical issues. It's depressing and not really solvable, and something you need to think about when you write about the military capabilities of 'hostile' countries. Secretlondon (talk) 15:31, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh of course. I do the best to my capability to find the best and most trustworthy sources that I can find. I myself try to prevent my own bias's as much as I can, and always want to learn more about things, and change my mind if I'm incorrect on something. My whole thing is an expert in XYZ field will go to what they understand is a professional source for the information they are looking for. The average person doesn't have the knowledge general of where and how to even begin finding such information, not saying it's anything crazy or "top secret" it just can be difficult to find things when you're not quite sure what it is your looking for, and how to find it. I want to help make that information more accessible for average people. That's my sole intent, no allegiance between east or west, just a passion of mine you could say. Mitch at WSIG (talk) 19:03, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * From here, how should I go about getting unblocked? Any other changes you'd recommend? Mitch at WSIG (talk) 22:47, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry I thought they'd done it. I'll do now. Secretlondon (talk) 05:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, appreciate it. Take care! Mitch at WSIG (talk) 21:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC)