User talk:Sherman207

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, StanleyWestonArchive. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Pro Wrestling Illustrated, 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:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. WikiVirusC (talk) 15:17, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

June 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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 * OK to rename or await unblocking? Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:38, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * , it seems that the editor has achieved their initial objective on the merits, and has indicated a willingness to edit productively and neutrally. Let's give this person a chance. Cullen328 (talk) 02:43, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok to unblock, then? Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:45, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * , yes. Cullen328 (talk) 02:52, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 17:23, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


 * While I understand your desire to honour your grandfather's legacy, it is also an inherent conflict of interest for you to edit articles related to him. As stated on the conflict of interest guideline page, "... Wikipedians must place the interests of the encyclopedia and its readers above personal concerns." This means adhering to our core content policies of verifiability, reliable and independent sources, and neutral point of view. Describing him as a "legendary" publisher is certainly not neutral wording, and providing no reliable source to verify your statement is also contrary to our policies.


 * When you have a conflict of interest with certain topics, we advise that you refrain from editing these articles directly. It is better if you make edit requests on the article talk page (e.g. Talk:Pro Wrestling Illustrated), where you can write out your suggested changes and the reliable sources that support them. Then, other uninvolved editors can review your changes and suggest revisions. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:04, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi and I understand that would be happy to take that wording out but I took that directly from the PWI website about page as can be seen here - https://pwi-online.com/about/ Please advise. StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 23:53, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I am not a sure how to write out my suggestion in Talk:Pro Wrestling Illustrated or the “Stanley Weston” wiki page. All I am trying to do is not him as the founder of PWI (https://pwi-online.com/about/) and place the photo I tired to put on his wiki page Stanley Weston . I do not see a way to add to these a suggested edit or a suggestion to add the photo our family would like to be used.  Please advise.  StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 00:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I tired to Use Talk:Pro Wrestling Illustrated but I can’t edit or create a new section in there to add the Founder - Stanley Weston as said here - https://pwi-online.com/about/
 * Same for Stanley Weston to add the requested photo from wiki commons I tried to put there. StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 00:26, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * In short - I want to add that Stanley Weston is the founder of Pro Wrestling Illustrated to the page and in the little square area to the right that has the photo of a magazine cover under first Issue “Founder Stanley Weston”.  I can’t seem to add anything to the Talk areas of both the magazine or his Wiki because of the blocking so the edit request recommended for me to submit is not working.  StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 10:59, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I also tried to use the Conflict of Interest template to request a edit but that is not working also because it says I am blocked. I fully understand that being the grandson of Stanley Weston is conflict of interest and that I have to request changes to be made and will adhere to the rules of wiki.  This is the link I went to to request a change but says because I am blocked it will not work.  Edit Request Wizard - I selected Conflict of Interest and inputted the page but again the blocking message appeared and says I cannot make such requests. Please let me know what else I can do, I do not see anywhere in the wiki that the founder Stanley Weston is mentioned and thats all I am trying to add.  And the photo to his personnel wiki and will gladly request this through the conflict of interest method.  I did not know about the conflict of interest and now fully understand and agree to why this is the case and again will fully adhere to the rules of wiki and submit any information pertaining to my grandfather via the conflict of interest edit request form.  Kind regards ~PSMS StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 11:11, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Your account is still blocked, so that is why your latest attempts failed. Your unblock request has not been reviewed by administrators yet. Please be patient, as every Wikipedia editor (including administrators) are volunteers. Someone will evaluate your request when time permits.


 * Also, the text from the PWI website is copyrighted. You cannot copy and paste copyrighted material verbatim on Wikipedia - even if you are the copyright holder, or have the copyright holder's permission - unless the material has been released for use by the verified copyright owner into the public domain or under a license compatible with Wikipedia. These licenses allow anyone — not just Wikipedia — to share, distribute, transmit, and adapt your work, free of charge and in perpetuity, provided that you are attributed as the author. Also, because some derivative works may be commercial, we cannot accept materials that are licensed only for educational use or even for general non-commercial use. Releasing the material is both permanent and irrevocable.


 * All that said, I've gone ahead and added a mention of Stanley Weston in the article lead section. Since he's already a notable person with his own article, and the PWI website is an acceptable primary source for a basic fact like this, it's a fairly uncontroversial addition. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:35, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi- Yes I understand that in regard to copyright. I was referring to that as a source to using the word legendary, I did not copy and paste it but I do agree that it is not needed to use such words and best to keep it clean and factual without using such words and I do not intend to do that ever again.  I completely agree and will only request edits via the conflict of interest method to request updates in regard to my grandfathers work and career as a publisher, painter, photographer and artist.
 * I thank you kindly for updating the info on the PWI Wiki to include him as the founder as that is important. I hope that I will be able to request the addition of a photo of him to his personal wiki, the image I selected in the wiki commons was a photo of him at a special event with his memorabilia behind him and we think its a great photo to use and I will request this when able.  I have many other great photos of him but I think that photo and my family agrees is a great one.
 * Thank you again… I will pay more attention to how this works on wiki and it is never my intention to do anything else but provide factual information about my grandfather in an effort to expand his wiki on all his accomplishments.
 * Kind regards,
 * Patrick Stanley Scholz StanleyWestonArchive (talk) 01:05, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

globally renamed StanleyWestonArchive to Sherman207
globally renamed StanleyWestonArchive to Sherman207. welcome back Deepfriedokra (talk) 03:04, 26 July 2022 (UTC)