Stephen Robertson

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September 2021

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Stephen Robertson, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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Appeals: If, after reading the guide to appealing blocks you believe you were blocked in error, then you may appeal this block by adding {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this notice. Orange Mike | Talk 12:39, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

• Verified, unblocked, courtesy ping to Orangemike - Cabayi (talk) 09:07, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks. Stephen Robertson (talk) 09:57, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I'm glad we got this straightened out. Some folks get confused and/or angry when we act like this to prevent impersonation. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:54, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Stephen Robertson. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Stephen Robertson (computer scientist), 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• 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. Cabayi (talk) 09:08, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

• Understood. Stephen Robertson (talk) 09:59, 1 October 2021 (UTC)