User talk:Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Knockouts (salon), 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
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 Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
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. Huntthetroll (talk) 18:10, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because it has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must follow all these steps:

Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked; and
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Provide a new username.

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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.

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Requested username:

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

Request reason:

The site had some false information and I just wanted to fix it up

Decline reason:

Looks more like you were whitewashing the article, removing sourced criticism while possessing a conflict of interest. Is that not correct? Yamla (talk) 18:31, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is not correct and not the intention. I am not removing criticism, I am simply updating the branding with credible source. "Hooters for Haircuts" is not a good representation of the brand and "Knockouts For Men" isn't even the actually name of the company. Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming (talk) 18:03, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributions were promotional, removed sourced criticism, and you haven't addressed your perceived conflict of interest; see WP:COI. --Yamla (talk) 18:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I not sure what contributions I've made are promotional. There is nothing on the page that shows criticism. There is no conflict of interest. I simply replaced photos and updated the logo. Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming (talk) 21:06, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your contribution history is public. Anyone can see you've done more than just replace photos and update the logo. You continue to refuse to address your perceived conflict of interest, too. This is deeply problematic. --Yamla (talk) 21:16, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yamla, my edits were focused on accuracy, not promotion. I updated the branding and replaced outdated images. I've also updated where the location of the company. There’s no conflict of interest—just a commitment to factual content. The information on this page is incorrect and problematic, would you rather it stay that way? Food for thought. Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming (talk) 22:23, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for admitting your earlier statement was false. Are you now specifically stating you have absolutely no relationship with Knockout Haircuts and Grooming? You are specifically stating you are not an employee and not a franchisee. Do I understand that correctly? --Yamla (talk) 23:02, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]