User talk:Dnadavey

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Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

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

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--Orange Mike | Talk 23:31, 2 December 2013 (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.

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

I am a Professor who studies DNA replication. I do not and can not profit from anything that I have seen on Wikipedia. I did not intend or realize that I was breaking any rules by editing the page that represents my expertise I assumed that I would be the best person to edit this page. For some reason an entire paragraph and a figure that many people find useful was deleted from the page and I pasted it back in. I also posted a link to replicationdomain from another site because the replicationdomain site had a banner that the page was an orphan and asked people to set up links that point to it, so I did. I now realize that I should not edit pages about myself or my database. I would like to be able to edit replication timing but mainly I would like to prevent misstatements on all of these pages, as well as other pages about scientific information on which I am an expert. I hope I have identified the offending actions.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Having examined your editing history, I don't see it as promotional, and I think that the block was probably a bit harsh. However, it would certainly be wise to be cautious about editing about anything where you may be thought to have a conflict of interest. If you haven't already done so, you may like to read Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]