User talk:Project Redsand CIO

July 2024

Hello, I'm Giovanni Paolucci. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Maunsell Forts have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Giovanni Paolucci (talk) 11:36, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi why are you blocking a registered charity from preserving an amazing part of British History Project Redsand CIO (talk) 11:47, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did at Maunsell Forts, you may be blocked from editing. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. Giovanni Paolucci (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Www.project-redsand.com is the official charity with the custodianship of the Structures known as the Redsand Army Sea Forts Project Redsand CIO (talk) 11:48, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You added inappropriate extrenal links to the article, as explained above Giovanni Paolucci (talk) 12:13, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Project Redsand CIO", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company".

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I think this username is clear of the usename policy, since it gives notice of the potential COI but qualifies it with the individual involved (this assumes that "CIO" means "Chief Information Officer" and not some particular organizational identity).No username change is needed in my view. Acroterion (talk) 12:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That said, your edits like "looked after by Project Redsand CIO" and your contact information are inappropriate. It is fine to have a straight link to the project website, but no more than that. Acroterion (talk) 12:15, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Project Redsand CIO. 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 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;
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disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
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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. Acroterion (talk) 11:55, 30 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.

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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
Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
Provide a new username.

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