User talk:Pete Mazany

September 2022
Hello, Pete Mazany. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page 2022 Auckland mayoral election, 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);
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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. Sumanuil. 22:40, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

As you are persistently adding unsourced and promotional material to 2022 Auckland mayoral election, your ability to edit that article has been removed for two weeks.- gadfium 01:35, 26 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello. I am a new editor of Wikipedia and a mayoral candidate for Auckland. I am on the voting forms. I would like to be included on the site. My name and my background. What do I need to do? The election is on 8 October. By blocking me you are not allowing free speech. Pete Mazany (talk) 02:58, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Many of the other candidates have these details included on that page and I request the same privileges. No more and no less. Please help me. Pete Mazany (talk) 03:02, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I see now reading about the block that my free speech is not a relevant reason for allowing my content. I apologise for bringing this up and revoke it. What do I need to do to get the following on the table today.
 * Independent - Pete Mazany - entrepreneur, educator, businessman
 * Thank you for your wonderful service and the great job the wikipedia does in providing information. Pete Mazany (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * You are blocked because you are editing with a conflict of interest and your edits do not give a reliable source. I suggest you post to the talk page of the article, Talk:2022 Auckland mayoral election, with the details you suggest be included and a reliable source which is independent (ie not your own website, Facebook page or Linkedin). A newspaper article about you would be okay, preferably one about your mayoral campaign.- gadfium 03:41, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your prompt reply Gadfium.
 * Here is a source https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2022/08/auckland-local-elections-candidates-confirmed/
 * What I want listed is Independent - Pete Mazany - entrepreneur, educator, businessman.
 * I do not know how to post to the talk page. Will you unblock me please and allow me to add these? These are facts, not self promotion. If you won't allow them then I will remove the entrepreneur, educator, businessman.
 * Does this work for you? Pete Mazany (talk) 03:51, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The source you suggest only lists the candidates; it says nothing about you other than you are running. You need a source which supports what you want listed.- gadfium 06:14, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Ways to get help or other opinions
You might like to ask at WP:Teahouse for assistance since you're clearly not familiar with how Wikipedia works. If you would rather stay on this page, follow the instructions at help me. If you want to appeal your block, see WP:Appealing a block. Any of these options will get you talking to other Wikipedians. I'm probably not going to be around for the rest of today.- gadfium 06:14, 26 September 2022 (UTC)