User talk:PRCAK12

March 2017
Hello, I'm 68.233.214.74. I noticed that you recently removed some content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. 68.233.214.74 (talk) 22:35, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, PRCAK12, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms of use and our policy on paid editing.

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 04:35, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

January 2019
Hello PRCAK12. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:PRCAK12. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 04:38, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, PRCAK12, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.'''A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding below. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "Email this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 07:21, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Clarification

 * Looks like you are promoting the school. Interesting that you choose to edit about this school with no commonality accept your username. You have some connection? "This is a school"? SO obviously there is a connection. Looks like you should read and heed WP:PAID and WP:COI. Also, schools don't have usernames. Individual people have user names. -- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Syntax fixed, signed ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:05, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, please carefully re-read all the information provided above. For example, "Your username is the only reason for this block."For a seamless transition, and to avoid confusion, I personally recommend doing the following steps:Add  at the bottom of this page.When you are unblocked, immediately request a username change at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. You should do this within 24 hours of the unblock.Afterwards, please explain your affiliation on your user page. If you are currently logged in, you can use the following link to create the page: Special:MyPageYou do have a conflict of interest. The WP:COI guideline does apply to you. If you have not yet read it because you considered it to be irrelevant, please take the time to read it now.Instead of making changes to the article directly, please use Template:Request edit on the article's talk page.Thanks! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:20, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

This is a request for a new username. Thank you!
 * The chosen username is too similar to existing usernames: Micah 68 and Micah68. Please choose again. Just Chilling (talk) 22:26, 18 January 2019 (UTC)