User talk:Pointer26

March 2020

Hello, I'm Cordless Larry. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Allen Meadors, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:07, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Allen Meadors, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:48, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's disclosure requirements

Hello Pointer26. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Allen Meadors, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Pointer26. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Pointer26|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:50, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

This account has been blocked indefinitely as a sock puppet that was created to violate Wikipedia policy. Note that using multiple accounts is allowed, but using them for illegitimate reasons is not, and that all edits made while evading a block or ban may be reverted or deleted. If this account is not a sock puppet, 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. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:52, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why am I blocked for trying to add or correct items? All items are correct and cited except the 14th Congress [14th International Congress on Quality ] which I can not figure out how to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pointer26 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pointer26, you as a person are currently banned from editing the English Wikipedia, for having repeatedly abused multiple accounts (WP:3X). You must not evade this restriction. See WP:UNBAN for details: Without convincing the community, you will not be allowed to come back. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:53, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]