User talk:TheReilyFoundation

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) 05:44, 14 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi TheReilyFoundation, the username still wouldn't work since it is clearly an acronym for TheReilyFoundation. As stated above, 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. You do not need to use your real name but something completely unrelated to their organization (like my username for example is 100% anonymous). However, the more important factor here is our working definition of advertising. What you were asked to do is what Wikipedia defines as advertising. For example, the Dove (toiletries) article was not written by people who worked for Dove. If that were the case, there would be major neutral point of view issues.

To be unblocked: If you have no interest in editing Wikipedia beyond writing about your organisation, then you will not be unblocked. If this is the case, I recommend you consider alternative outlets. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:05, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * you must confirm that this account is used by one individual only
 * you must agree to avoid creating or directly editing articles related to your organisation (requested edits will still be permitted)
 * you must agree to abide by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use and disclose any paid relationship in accordance with the paid contributor policy
 * (Please read and heed WP:COI and WP:PAID)
 * you must indicate what areas of Wikipedia you intend to edit in the future
 * I would add you still must comply with WP:PAID even if you are an unpaid(in cash money) volunteer. 331dot (talk) 08:46, 14 November 2019 (UTC)