User talk:Redstoned

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "MSPRUPDATE", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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May 2020
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 or a web site, 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. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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Do you work in Microsoft public relations as your name suggests? Please review conflict of interest and paid editing. Even if you are not being specifically asked or directed to edit Wikipedia, you still must (once unblocked) comply with the paid editing policy if you are a Microsoft employee. 331dot (talk) 09:18, 5 May 2020 (UTC) --- I don't work in MS public relations ... I work on software Products/Program Management and editing these articles is not related to my job role (though I'm also interested in and was planning to update articles about Products). I'm happy to disclose COI as a Microsoft employee.. I've read the pages referenced and I assume that "paid editing" doesn't apply, but COI does. I'm unclear whether I should disclose COI with EACH EDIT that involves any Microsoft thing or if I can do this one-time on my talk page describing the fact that I'm an MS Employee? Thank you for the help.
 * If you are employed by Microsoft, you are a paid editor, you do not have to be specifically asked or directed to edit. You should disclose on your user page(once unblocked); it's a good idea to disclose on article talk pages of articles you want to contribute to.  As you have a COI, you shouldn't directly edit about things related to Microsoft, but you may make formal edit requests on article talk pages. Is there anything you want to edit about that is not related to Microsoft? 331dot (talk) 08:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

--- Thanks. Yes, there are a few other topics that I'm interested in editing. I'll disclose on my user page that I'm a MS employee and avoid directly editing MS related pages. (I assume I do that here? Will this discussion get removed or do I just add it to the end of this?)  Thanks again for the help. (Updated--correcting unsigned-in Edit. I'm now signed in.)