Ryan McElhany

September 2019

There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:

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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.

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

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Requested username:

Ryan McElhany (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I didn't realize it needed to be an individual rather than an organization. I would also like to update my email as (redacted) I mistakenly thought that updating information about the school from the organization was more reputable than an anonymous, unaffiliated source. I was updating outdated information about the organization. LifeschoolDallas (talk) 19:27, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Decline reason:

The username is acceptable. However, you did considerably more than just "updating outdated information". Huon (talk) 20:54, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Only you have access to changing your email address, in your Preferences. I have redacted it for your protection. Someone else will review your request. 331dot (talk) 19:30, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

How about "removing sourced information that the founder failed in his original plan"? "Adding yourself to the article" probably also doesn't quite count as an "update". Huon (talk) 22:13, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

You should carefully read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PhilKnight (talk) 15:07, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

• I have checked the editing that you did, and the only thing that I see as possibly problematic was removing "Wilson reorganized the school's objective after finding a low success rate regarding people whose lifestyles changed permanently" and the corresponding citation. I assume that is what you were referring to when you said "an update that needed to be made". If so can you explain in what sense it was an "update"? Although that is in itself a very small detail, I'm afraid it does raise some doubt on how far you will comply with the conflict of interest guideline. My opinion is that most of what you did was indeed perfectly valid updating of information, so I would like you to be unblocked, but I do think before that can happen you need to clearly show that you understand the guideline on conflict of interest, as experience over the years shows that editors who merely say that they understand more often than not actually don't, so they finish up being blocked again. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:58, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

You have four open unblock requests; please consolidate them into one. 331dot (talk) 15:25, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for consolidating your open requests; closed requests must remain until the block is removed. 331dot (talk) 23:06, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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

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Requested username:

Ryan McElhany (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I was attempting to clean that section up because it seemed confusing, but was ignorant of the policies you referenced. I am truly sorry and promise to approach those sorts of edits differently in the future, by requesting review rather than revising. I learned my lesson and would like to continue to clean up content using proper processes and channels.

Accept reason:

Renamed. Per discussion. per JBW. Please make the declaration(s) required by WP:PAID. Please remember to suggest edits only re: your organization. Please remember WP:42. Welcome back. -- Deepfriedokra 11:54, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

globally renamed LifeschoolDallas to Ryan McElhany

globally renamed LifeschoolDallas to Ryan McElhany -- Deepfriedokra 11:50, 1 October 2019 (UTC)