User talk:Sschaal2

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Sschaal2, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Stefan Schaal, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Sschaal2. 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 COI 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 21:37, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself, at Stefan Schaal. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:45, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please reread and comprehend David Eppstein's message above this one.-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 03:55, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for sockpuppetry[edit]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing for sock puppetry per evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sschaal2. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you believe that this block was in error, and you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here ~~~~}} below. Bbb23 (talk) 17:29, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Sschaal2 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

There is a contradiction in the various editors' comments. If an autobiography is not desirable, it is completely fine if a third person adds text that is well known from public sources. This is what has happened on this page. Most biographical pages of living (academic) people are obviously a mixture of an autobiography and information added by others. If such a mixture is not desirable, then deleting the wikipedia pages is the natural way to proceed. Given that I am the key author of this page, I rather have it deleted but maintained inappropriately

Decline reason:

You have completely not addressed the reason for your block. Please do not use the unblock template for anything but unblocking. It wastes time better spent elsewhere. If you are the subject of the article, it is hardly appropriate for you to dictate content. We only care for content that is cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking. You may certainly request corrections if said corrections are reliably sourced. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 03:53, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.