NigelCovington85

comment on "unauthorized" information

These is no such thing as "unauthorized" information. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 02:41, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, NigelCovington85, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was National Report, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Welcome and about BLP: Hi, NigelCovington85, let me welcome you too. As you see it can be hard to get started in Wikipedia, sorry about that! There a bunch of different rules and policies and guidelines, which sometimes conflict with each other, and it can be hard/impossible to avoid violating one or another. Hopefully you won't have the bad experience some new users get, of being blocked/banned deliberately by an over-eager enforcer. Despite some confusion about an apparently unrelated IP-range block, I think you haven't been blocked or banned, whew! Survival is the first step.

I think you have done fine, by the way, in expressing yourself at Talk:National Report where you raised appropriate concerns. I don't want to pile on with any further problem for you, but as I have now noted at that Talk page, there is some potential problem with negative assertions about a living person. As you can understand, in article pages and also in Talk pages, Wikipedia has to strive not to report inaccurate or unsupported information about persons, especially living persons, and especially info that can be seen as negative. There's policy stuff probably at wp:BLP for Biographies of Living Persons, but the policy extends to Talk pages everywhere, not just biographical articles. Maybe some of what you stated about a person who is apparently a past employee, should not have been stated per that policy, and maybe some of it will be redacted by an administrator who has power to make redactions (I am not an administrator myself). Again, given the context and your new-ness, I think it was perfectly reasonable for you to say what you did. But, anyhow, be careful in this respect too, about what you say on Talk pages. Cheers, --doncram 21:45, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, NigelCovington85. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 18:38, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Also, as was mentioned in the response to the ANI report you posted, no one can WP:OWN a Wikipedia article, not neutral editors (even though they may have contributed the majority of the material in the article), and certainly not the subject of an article, or its representatives. Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion or advertising, and you cannot deal with it as if it is part of your online profile – we aspire to be neutral and accurate. If you believe material in the article is factually incorrect, please post your concerns on the article's talk page, and independent editors will decide what to do about it. BMK (talk) 20:44, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

an IP address was blocked

Greetings,

I have been blocked from posting, the explanation is for my IP address. Anytime I'm working from home I use a VPN service in order to prevent hackers and others from being able to identify the city / state where I live. I have been a target before and have used this VPN service for years. I work for a company in the media field that can be and has been highly controversial. Therefore it is in use for my families protection. I would request the block be lifted so I can continue with my work. Also I have explained this to Mr. McGeddon, on his talk page. NOTE: MY IP ADDRESS IS PRIVATE AND NOT FOR PUBLICATION. My explanation was made with the VPN off, in order that Wikipedia have my real IP address should you need it.

Thank you, Nigel CovingtonNigelCovington85 (talk) 19:31, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello. You left me a talk page message saying "You've blocked my account from posting.", but I don't have the power to block users (I'm not an admin), and you aren't blocked if you can still post on other users' talk pages. --McGeddon (talk) 09:09, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Nigel - WP automatically blocks certain types of IP addresses in an effort to protect against persistent disruption from temporary accounts and sock-puppets within an IP address range. Your IP address probably shows up as "suspect". In order to edit from it, you need to request an exemption. See the following instructions: Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption Atsme☯^Consult 05:23, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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IP address block

{{unblock| reason=Requesting an IP address block exemption, because (I work for a satirical publication and use a VPN for all online communications to protect my identity. I have received death threats in the past and have used the VPN service for the past three years. In light of the recent events at Charlie Hebdo, it should be clear why this is necessary.)NigelCovington85 (talk) 17:12, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

You're editing, so I'm guessing you got your way around it this morning. —C.Fred (talk) 19:07, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

C. Fred, yes in order to move forward I must post now without using the VPN, which I feel exposes me to anyone willing to invest a little time to look at these talk pages and anyone can do so. I recently posted using my own IP address and stated I wanted to do so in order for Wikipedia to have it if needed. But I'm not at all comfortable making it available when I'm working on company business. I have maintained good faith with Wikipedia understanding you guys are all volunteers and have not tried to conceal my COI, or who I am. It is not uncommon for us to receive death threats, it happens all the time actually. So the use of the VPN is an effort to mitigate the opportunity for someone to track me (and the other writers or publisher down) if they are committed to executing their threat.NigelCovington85 (talk) 19:49, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

For such matters in future, you might want to contact the Volunteer Response Team via email. They have a ticket system where certain matters are handled offline, outside of the Wikipedia edit database. (For example, if a notable individual wanted an account in their own name, they would contact the VRT via email to provide credentials. The VRT would validate the individual's identity, and editors have a record of what VRT did, but not the actual data they look at.) I don't usually deal in the user right for bypassing IP blocks, so I'm taking no action on your request, not declining it; I yield to others with more experience in the area. —C.Fred (talk) 19:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you C. Fred i will do so.NigelCovington85 (talk) 20:29, 14 January 2015 (UTC)