User talk:Tisschool

July 2020
If you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is. Also, Wikipedia policy does not permit accounts that represent a business or other organisation, as yours evidently does. An account named something like "Hitesh at TIS school" would have the two advantages of showing that the account is for one person, not for the school as an organisation, and at the same time providing complete transparency about your connection to the school. JBW (talk) 12:16, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

I see that after receiving the message above you again edited the article about your school. As I explained, an account representing a school is not acceptable. Your account has therefore been blocked from editing. If you wish to continue using this account, and if you can guarantee that the account will be used only by the person who has already used it, you may request that the account be unblocked and renamed in a way that makes it clear that it is an individual account, not a collective one representing the school. Alternatively you may create a new account. However, please be aware that no matter what username you may use you must comply with the provisions of the conflict of interest guideline and, even more importantly, the Wikimedia Foundation's requirements regarding paid editing. Editors who persist in editing contrary to policies and guidelines may be blocked from editing without the option of creating another account. If you do wish to ask for this account to be unblocked and renamed, post the text at the bottom of this page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers 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 this reason, you must convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will in future comply with the requirements that I have mentioned. None of this implies any criticism at all of the edits you have made, but we have to have policies of this kind because unfortunately many people editing on behalf of businesses or organisations do edit in ways that cause problems. Before making any unblock request, you may find it helpful to read the guide to appealing blocks. JBW (talk) 14:12, 31 July 2020 (UTC)