User talk:Worldgastrorg

Hello Worldgastrorg. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article World Gastroenterology Organisation, you may have a conflict of interest, or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * 1) Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.--Katieh5584 (talk) 20:32, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company, organization, or clients. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
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 * Add the text on your user talk page.
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 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the edits for which you were blocked.
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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  20:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

(Worldgastrorg (talk) 22:36, 27 December 2011 (UTC))


 * Given that Wikipedia is well known as being an encyclopedia, why did you think that it was appropriate to add a "Why donate to the WGO Foundation" section to the article on your organisation? - this is obviously not the kind of thing one finds in encyclopedias. More generally, can you please explain what articles you intend to work on and the sources you'll use in this editing? If any of your colleagues are affected by this block they can ask an administrator to modify their account settings using the same unblock procedure you're using here. Nick-D (talk) 04:02, 28 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I find it difficult to understand how this block can be "disrupting the entire firm" as it has been in place from July? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 11:29, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Good morning,

First of all thank you for your very timely response. Yesterday I was in correspondence with Orangemike and he informed me of the rules and regulations that had been violated under this account name. After spending the afternoon reading Wikipedia’s rules and regulations I now have a greater understanding of the policies. This sounds strange as Wikipedia is well known and I have spent a lot of time on it myself, but I had never edited anything before. I was first asked to update the World Gastroenterology Organisation’s site as information was outdated and it was being linked to a Facebook page. So our only intention was to update the organization’s information. Then we decided we should beef up the content up. I’ve learned that adding external links and self-promotion is not a part of what Wikipedia does. Today, I can sincerely and honestly tell you I in no why think that adding “Why donate to the WGO Foundation” was appropriate, nor will any information be added in the future.

In the future, we will use the talk page for offering up suggestions as to improvements and more importantly corrections that could be made to make the content more accurate. Additionally, when doing so I will fully disclose my COI. An example of what information we may offer through the talk page would to be updating when a new Train the Trainers program has taken place. Lastly, the information that I have learned through correspondence will be shared in so that such violations will not happen in the future.

Anthony: Our firm of over 150 clients are being block because of my misuse. I am relativity new here at the company and have been asked to solve the problem. Our company has been in business over 50 years and I’m the first person who has ever created a problem of this kind. How the IP block was noticed was when someone wanted to edit a spelling error and could not for another organization. I was informed of this about 2 months ago, but have not had the time to solve the issue. There is still a 3 month lapse there, and my only explanation is that we do not edit Wikipedia pages often and it took sometime until an executive noticed the block.

I hope this information is useful and you find it to be sincere. And I am more than willing to offer up any additional information in which you may need.

Many thanks!

Worldgastrorg (talk) 14:21, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: I have removed the autoblock (that's the bit that makes the IP address blocked). Rich Farmbrough, 12:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC).

To Whom It May Concern:

Thank you Rich for the removal of the autoblock. However it appears that the proxy server is still blocked. Also, as Orangemike informed me that the user name I had created was not acceptable. May I change it? Or should I delete it? Could someone inform me on what the next step I should take is?

Once again, thank you for taking the time to help me resolve this issue and please accept my sincere apology for creating such a problem. Worldgastrorg (talk) 13:41, 29 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Three things: firstly and most important, editing wikipedia through a proxy server is not allowed, except from certain countries where the political situation makes it necessary; secondly, editing on behalf of an organisation is not acceptable; thirdly, you use the word "we" several times in your response, but wikipedia accounts must be operated by one person only. Also, you did not answer my earlier question, above. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:04, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Anthony,

I apologize I thought I did in fact answer your question. I’ve read and fully understand Wikipedia’s COI policy but was not so keenly aware of the policy until creating this problem. I’ve been using the we because as discussed above a group of people were using this account name. I (and the rest of my team) fully understand that this is not acceptable. Furthermore we have no intention of directly editing and will only use talk pages to offer suggestions. I am a relatively new and young employee and I'm simply trying to undo the problem I've created.

I replied to your original question with the following:

“Our firm of over 150 clients are being block because of my misuse. I am relativity new here at the company and have been asked to solve the problem. Our company has been in business over 50 years and I’m the first person who has ever created a problem of this kind. How the IP block was noticed was when someone wanted to edit a spelling error and could not for another organization. I was informed of this about 2 months ago, but have not had the time to solve the issue. There is still a 3 month lapse there, and my only explanation is that we do not edit Wikipedia pages often and it took sometime until an executive noticed the block.”

When anyone on any of our computers would go to Wikipedia it would be show a block because of Worldgastrorg. That is what I meant when I said that it was disrupting the entire firm. Does that answer your question? Worldgastrorg (talk) 14:26, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Jpgordon,

Yes, I think so. Many thanks! Should I delete this account now? Worldgastrorg (talk) 15:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)