User talk:WFG Writer

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Hello, WFG Writer. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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.-- VViking Talk Edits 14:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created World Financial Group, and I noticed that your username, "WFG Writer", 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.

If you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting 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:
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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. 331dot (talk) 14:31, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

"Source no longer available"
May I introduce you to the wonderful tool called "The Internet Archive" (sometimes called "The Wayback Machine"). The New York Times article that you couldn't find is available archived here. As it turns out, the NYT article was a reprint of another article used as a citation, from The International Herald Tribune, so I've just used that source as well. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:45, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Newspaper articles are also found in hard copies in libraries. Just because you couldn't access it doesn't mean no one could. You still have not said what you will edit about(though someone else will review your request). 331dot (talk) 14:59, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Your edits are clearly a violation of WP:COI. Carefully read the contents of WP:EXTERNALREL. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯  talk  15:01, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * WFGW, as the editor whose sarcastic reply has you wondering, I do not believe the gentle ribbing I imparted should get me blocked, but I'll allow the admins to make that decision. The fact of the matter is that you don't appear to have understood my point: the NYT archives may or may not still contain the article, but the Wayback Machine is very likely to contain archival copies of URLs that are no longer valid, which is how I found the link to the article that I found. I will admit that I resorted to snark because your explanation for removing unflattering material from an article over which you have a clear conflict of interest seemed to be a convenient excuse at best (especially since the original article from The International Herald was still cited in the article elsewhere). WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:39, 26 May 2020 (UTC)