User talk:OverlandTandberg

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, OverlandTandberg. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Overland Storage, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Padgriffin Griffin's Nest 14:01, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

June 2023
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:04, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.


 * You are right, "your proposed" should not be part of the username.
 * I am employed by Tandberg Data which is a subsidary of Overland Storage. The current information about Overland Storage is old and outdated (e.g. says that Overland Storage is a public company and listed at Nasdaq which is not the truth anymore since years). Also the company has moved from San Jose to San Ramon. OverlandTandberg (talk) 16:15, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * In that case, you have a conflict of interest and should not be directly editing about them. See WP:COI. --Yamla (talk) 16:18, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ok, can you just delete the whole entry for Overland Storage? OverlandTandberg (talk) 16:27, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * No. That would be inappropriate. I see no reason why that article should no longer appear in this encyclopedia, even if it's not completely up to date. --Yamla (talk) 16:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The reason is that about 75% of the information is wrong.
 * And as nobody is allowed to change it who is having the correct information it is better to remove it. Or is there any other chance to get the problem solved? OverlandTandberg (talk) 16:33, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Requested edits: Overland Storage: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia OverlandTandberg (talk) 16:53, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

You are free to contest your block. You will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of WP:COI, which you haven't so far. --Yamla (talk) 17:41, 12 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I have disclosed that I am an employee of a subsidiary. Therefore, I have a conflict of interest and should not make changes directly. Therefore, I sent the request for the changes so that an independent editor can judge the changes. Because WP:COI says: COI editors are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly, and can propose changes on article talk pages instead.
 * I have not added any content - just updated the existing one with the correct information. I didn't make any chances to the historical details just updated the location, the company status from public to private and the current products (they have been listed before so should be ok from your side). OverlandTandberg (talk) 09:11, 13 June 2023 (UTC)