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Academy of Achievement links

Hi Aaaeditor,

Welcome to Wikipedia!

I notice that your contributions so far have consisted primarily, if not entirely, of adding references to the Academy of Achievement Wikipedia article and website. This is a little problematic, as it gives the appearance that your edits have the goal of calling attention to a particular website, rather than reviewing all of the many available interviews by, say, Maya Angelou, and choosing the one that's the most notable for coverage of the topic. While some of these may turn out to be notable enough for inclusion, it makes me hesitate that even the first reference on the AA article describes it as an "obscure" organization.

If you're not associated with the AA, I'd suggest just editing on a different topic for a while. If you are (as your name perhaps implies), I'd suggest you look at relevant guidelines about Conflict of Interest and External link spam, and also asking another, more-established editor for help in sorting through what might be appropriate for inclusion and what not (instructions on how to do this are in those policy articles). And do let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, and happy editing, -- Khazar (talk) 15:14, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To follow up, I've gone ahead and removed all the external links you placed to AA interviews. The award mention itself seems notable enough in most cases, so I'm fine with leaving those up. As for the links, if you feel one or more of these interviews is particularly relevant or notable for its subject, I'd suggest placing a comment on the article's talk page making the case, and see if other editors agree. Again, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, and please do let me know if you have any questions. -- Khazar (talk) 15:38, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Khazar... I am associated with the Academy of Achievement and genuinely believe that the links to the interviews are relevant, indisputable, and valuable additions to the biographies of the individuals in Wikipedia. I'm not sure how that is considered a conflict of interest. The Academy of Achievement is non-profit organization dedicated to education. Our site does not have any advertisements and we do not get any financial gain from having these links in Wikipedia. -- Aaaeditor (talk) 16:38, 07 July 2011 (EST)

Hi Aaaeditor, I appreciate your response. As I said above, I agree that some of what you've posted here may be appropriate for Wikipedia External Link inclusion. However, we generally don't seek to include every known interview with a figure as famous as, say, Johnny Cash [1] (there would be hundreds if not thousands), but rather a usefully representative or significant sample. That's why I suggest making your case on individual article talk pages; you could explain on the talk page of that article what that interview contributes to a reader's understanding of Johnny Cash that no other interview could, and an editor with interest in Johnny Cash (rather than the AA itself) could make the decision whether to include it. I suggest this extra step because, as someone personally involved with AA, your edits can come across as promotion (click the link for guideline). If these interviews add to their respective articles, neutral editors should have no problem including them. However, we have had problems in the past with people from organizations coming to Wikipedia and trying to insert their organization's name wherever feasible; whether or not these individuals have a financial interest, they may still have a promotional interest. Hence the double-check in cases of known conflict-of-interest and "single-purpose" accounts. Please do let me know if you have any questions about this. All best, Khazar (talk) 21:15, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

		The Modest Barnstar
		Thanks for your recent contributions! -129.49.72.78 (talk) 18:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

October 2011

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Willie Mays. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. The way I see it, your persistent addition of Achievement links (with unneeded quotes, as pointed out by other editors) amounts to link spamming for the organization. You may take this up, for instance, at the Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard, since they are external links rather than references, in my opinion. Drmies (talk) 16:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have notified other editors of your contributions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 16:51, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Hello Aaaeditor. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should 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;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to you, your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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.

Username concern

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. However, I noticed that your username (Aaaeditor) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it gives the appearance of representing an organization rather than you personally, risking being blocked indefinitely as a violation of Wikipedia:Username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account to use for editing. Thank you.}} ~Amatulić (talk) 22:34, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used 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.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

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.

What can I do now?

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:

Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} on your user talk 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 not repeat the 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, please see how to appeal a block.

Daniel Case (talk) 00:58, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion II: Academy of Achievement

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I see you're blocked. I just found your name in the article history. -SusanLesch (talk) 02:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Block

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without a good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

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

Requested username:

Sterling2011 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I did not understand that the username that I was using was in conflict with the rules. I had not intended for this username name to be used solely for editing an organization's page that I was volunteering for.

Decline reason:

Request does not address issue raised below. — Daniel Case (talk) 16:17, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Aaaeditor (talk) 14:47, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While the username may have triggered the block, your conduct is cause for concern as well. You were told months ago that you needed to discuss whether or not a link to your organization's website was appropriate for a particular article - Johnny Cash was the example used. Yet I see you continuing to add the link. This time you added content and quotes to the Johnny Cash article, just so that you could include your link as a reference. I also note that you have absolutely 0 edits to article talk pages. I can't unblock until I know that you're not going to be promoting an organization, as you've been warned against doing in the past. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 14:57, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]