User talk:Sadiecollective

November 2019
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.

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. To do so, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the text at the bottom of your talk page, replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason for thinking that the block was an error, and publish the page. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

I will add that "Publish changes" is equivalent to "save changes"; it does not mean 'publish your changes to the actual encyclopedia'. The change from 'save changes' was made for legal reasons, to indicate to editors that their edits will be visible to the public(but not necessarily part of the encyclopedia). All edits to all pages (sandboxes, drafts, articles) are visible in the Recent Changes feed, which is monitored by thousands of editors. That's likely how your edits were seen. 331dot (talk) 11:03, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Someone else will review your request, but are you saying that you are not employed by the organization or have no financial relationship at all with it? Please review WP:PAID carefully before you answer. You don't have to have been specifically paid to edit about the organization to trigger the required disclosures. 331dot (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I would add that being 'paid' is not limited to cash money, but any compensation whatsoever(including unpaid internships). 331dot (talk) 16:01, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


 * The block may have occurred due to promotion, but the paid editing disclosure is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement for paid editors and you can't be unblocked unless you agree to make the required disclosure. You ask what is required to move forward- since you won't be unblocked to edit about your organization, you will need to tell what you intend to edit about instead that is unrelated to your conflict of interest.  You might later be permitted to indirectly edit about the organization, if you are interested in being a general contributor and develop a good edit history that shows you understand what goes into Wikipedia articles. Beyond that, however, I will leave things for the next reviewer who will offer their own advice on how to proceed.  331dot (talk) 18:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Sadiecollective/sandbox


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Sadiecollective/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. &#64;echo  off  05:33, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:53, 17 January 2020 (UTC)