User talk:Pensionsauthority Ireland

August 2017
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. Alex ShihTalk 14:30, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

{{unblock | reason= Hi Alex, I am a member of staff at the Irish Pensions Regulator called the Irish Pensions Authority. We are the state regulator of occupational pensions in Ireland, and we would like to submit a Wikipedia page about our organisation. I don't comprehend your reasoning for blocking my entry and account, could you please let me know the steps involved in submitting our entry? Our parent government department, The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has a similar Wikipedia page entry. I have been requested to submit this by the Pensions Regulator, which can be verified if necessary. Please let me know what an appropriate username should be. I did not intend to violate Wikipedia policies, we would just like a Wikipedia page for our organisation as requested by our department.


 * {{re|Pensionsauthority Ireland}} Hi, please change your username following the instructions above, almost any other username would be fine (username policy). Also due to conflict of interest, please use {{tl|request edit}} instead of editing the pages in which this account is affiliated to directly. Alex ShihTalk 14:52, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=Tara_PA | reason=Personal name | decline=That doe snot address your inappropriate edits. Yamla (talk) 10:37, 31 August 2017 (UTC)}}

Yamla, I do not understand how my edits were inappropriate. I have changed by username to my personal name as advised. Could you please advise me on how to correct this so that my entry is submitted?
 * Pinging Yamla. {{ping|Yamla}}. My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 08:21, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Another admin already pointed you at WP:COI, WP:PAID, WP:ORG, WP:RS and WP:FIRST. I'd add WP:PROMO to that. In general, you can't edit the article directly and you have to take specific steps to disclose your conflict of interest. This is explained in the linked policies. --Yamla (talk) 12:08, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

{{edit COI|A}}

{{unblock reviewed |1=I understand now that Wikipedia has a policy of stating conflicts of interest and impartiality of information provided. Apologies, until now I was unfamiliar with Wikipedia's policies and I was confused by the reasons for blocking. I fully understand now and I do not intend to breach Wikipedia policies, I agree to avoid directly editing articles related to my organisation. I edited an article related to my organisation because it referred to the organisation under it's old name; I simply updated it from the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority. I did not understand how this was wrong, but I will not directly edit any article related to my organisation in future. I agree to abide by Wikimedia's terms of use and disclose that I am a paid contributor by my organisation (the Pensions Authority) and I was tasked with taking on this role for content. I intend to edit entries related to my academic and professional expertise in social and public policy developments. I do not wish to edit any content directly related to my organisation.|decline=Procedural decline. Superseded by new unblock request posted below.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)}}

{{unblock reviewed|1= I have not promoted my organisation on this entry and do not agree with the WP: PROMO reference. My entry simply gives objective information about the activities and founding of our organisation which is the state regulator for occupational pensions in Ireland, such an organisation cannot be promoted as a commercial entity. I disclose that I work for the Pensions Authority in Ireland and I am a salaried employee, I work in the policy and development unit. I have been asked by the state regulator of pensions to make a Wikipedia entry about our organisation, similar other State Bodies with whom you have allowed a Wikipedia entry for, and to edit other entries related to Irish social policy which does not directly relate to our organisation. Can you please unblock me? I have addressed all the points at this stage and I do not intend to violate Wikipedia policies.|decline=Non-commercial promotion is perfectly possible, but it's not allowed here. It looks like your mail intention is to write about the organization you work for, which runs contrary to WP:COI. Contrary to your claim, we never allowed employees of {{tq|other State Bodies}} to write about their own organizations. We have policies that prevent such non-neutral editing.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  21:37, 18 September 2017 (UTC)}}

Usage

 * I fixed the unblock request for you. Do not include the   bits or the  otherwise an admin will not be able to find this unblock request, nor recognise it as one if found. Further to this, the name "PA_PolicyUnit" still implies that this username will be used by more than one person, regardless of whether it is used in such fashion or not. This is not an appropriate username, it would get you blocked again. What could be used is something like "XXXXatPA_PolicyUnit", which would easily identify that you are an editor with a conflict of interest. See WP:UNAME for help, and I strongly recommend taking a look at WP:PSCOI. My name is not dave  (talk/contribs) 16:49, 30 August 2017 (UTC)


 * The chosen username 'Tara_PA' is too similar to an existing username: 'Tarapa'. You can check availability here and choose again. Just Chilling (talk) 14:45, 1 September 2017 (UTC)