User talk:Kevin of the DSU

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Hello, Kevin of the DSU, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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

Hello, Dawsonstudentunion. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Draft:Dawson Student Union, 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
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 are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ 04:41, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

Please also note that you are permitted to use a username that contains the name of a company or organization if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text

{{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}

at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names.

Thank you. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 07:28, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Kevin of the DSU (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I was not aware of the rules. Dawsonstudentunion (talk) 15:56, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

That username also violates WP:USERNAME as it is a "role" name. Yamla (talk) 16:08, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Kevin of the DSU (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Kevin of the DSU (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I was not aware of the rules. DSU is the acronym for the organization and my name is Kevin Dawsonstudentunion (talk) 19:43, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Accept reason:

globally renamed Dawsonstudentunion to Kevin of the DSU --Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:26, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

globally renamed Dawsonstudentunion to Kevin of the DSU

globally renamed Dawsonstudentunion to Kevin of the DSU --Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:23, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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