User talk:Rocktober2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Rocktober2018", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it may be promotional, implying shared use. 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 by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 17:37, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is not promotional, just a fan of the team. Thanks! Rocktober2018 (talk) 15:34, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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16:03, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia

Hi Rocktober2018. I spend time working on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, along with my regular editing, which is mostly about health and medicine. I am not an administrator. Your edits to date are promotional with respect to Hexcel.

Lots of people come to Wikipedia with some sort of conflict of interest and are not aware of how the editing community defines and manages conflict of interest. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, Rocktober2018. 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.

Comments and requests

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. Unmanaged conflicts of interest can also lead to people behaving in ways that violate our behavioral policies and cause disruption in the normal editing process. Managing conflict of interest well, also protects conflicted editors themselves - please see WP:Wikipedia is in the real world, and Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia for some guidance and stories about people who have brought bad press upon themselves through unmanaged conflict of interest editing.

As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with Hexcel, directly or through a third party (e.g. a PR agency or the like)? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, please disclose it, and if you are editing for pay or the expectation of being paid, you must disclose that. After you respond (and you can just reply below), if it is relevant I can walk you through how the "peer review" part happens and then, if you like, I can provide you with some more general orientation as to how this place works. Please reply here, just below, to keep the discussion in one place. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 16:51, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do not have any connection with the company. I enjoy learning about Aerospace materials, and Hexcel in particular plays a big role in the industry. Sorry for the confusion. Rocktober2018 (talk) 15:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That is not credible. your edits to the page include this for example, about boats. Again there is a place in WP for conflicted editors, but we look for disclosire. Please reconsider your answer.Jytdog (talk) 18:40, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The line about adding their materials into boats in France was interesting, I thought it belonged in the article. I am telling you I do not have an affiliation with the company. I assumed what I had put into the article was legitimate so I'm sorry for getting your guard up. Rocktober2018 (talk) 14:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for answering. I will not ask further.

While we are talking, are you also using the Sweaterwether account, or do you know that person? Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 16:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am not, and do not know who that is - no. Thanks. Rocktober2018 (talk) 15:29, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is Hexcel. Thank you. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:39, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is Potential UPE farm(s). Thank you. — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:05, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked as a sockpuppet

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:Yoodaba per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yoodaba. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]