Thunderbirdrider

May 2023

Hello, I'm Renewal6. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to World Federation of Chiropractic have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Renewal6 (talk) 10:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

I am trying to update the page and am a staff member of the organization to which the page refers. World Federation of Chiropactic (talk) 10:43, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created World Federation of Chiropractic, and I noticed that your username, "World Federation of Chiropactic", 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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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, World Federation of Chiropactic. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page World Federation of Chiropractic, 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, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
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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. Theroadislong (talk) 10:54, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I am the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Chiropractic and am editing the page to update factual information. We are a non-governmental organization and any conflict of interest is only that I am part of the secretariat. World Federation of Chiropactic (talk) 10:59, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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• Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
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Secretlondon (talk) 12:27, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

I have submitted a request for a user name change. The account is a not-for-profit organization and all edits were drafted for factual accuracy, not for promotion of the organization. I can categorically give an undertaking that edits made were not made to promote the organization but to provide updates in relation to, for example, the current structure and personnel. World Federation of Chiropactic (talk) 12:32, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

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.

Thunderbirdrider (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:

chiroglobal68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I receive no compensation for the contributions made to the page and understand the reasons for the block having taken place. Once unblocked, the edits I intend to make concern factual accuracy in relation to the organization and the profession of chiropractic. I also request that information removed from the original page prior to editing is restored (regarding past presidents of the organization) World Federation of Chiropactic (talk) 22:39, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

You failed to formally disclose your conflict of interest; if you are compensated in any way for your role as Secretary-General you will need to make the Terms of Use required paid editing disclosure. Please review both these policies and tell us how your future contributions will be consistent with them, as well as tell any other topics you might edit about as a general contributor that are unrelated to your organization. I am declining your request. 331dot (talk) 08:55, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Rename from "World Federation of Chiropactic" to "Thunderbirdrider"

done. Please address the other reasons for your block in a new unblock request to be reviewed by the unblock team. Please read the Guide to Appealing Blocks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:02, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Dear Deepfriedokra

Thank you for your message and for the clarification in relation to conflict of interest. Having read the guideline, I am happy to disclose that as Secretary-General of the World Federation of Chiropractic, I receive compensation as an independent contractor for the organization. As previously stated, this is a not-for-profit corporation and editing is for the purposes of factual accuracy rather than promoting the organization so as to benefit financially. I can confirm that all future contributions will be compliant with the terms of use and am content to make the required statements on any pages to which I am referred for this purpose (I could not identify any hyperlinks to the pages referred to in the three bullet points). In relation to any other topics about which I might edit as a general contributor (I have no intention of doing so at this time), I will ensure that all steps are taken to comply with Wikipedia's rules and regulations. I hope that the above provides assurance of my desire to act as a responsible contributor. Thunderbirdrider (talk) 15:21, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Great. Please make another unblock request for the Unblock Review Team to consider. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:38, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

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Request reason:

I believe I have made all declarations in relation to conflict of interest, made all statements in acceptance of future activity and changed my user name in accordance with the regulations. I therefore respectfully request that I am unblocked. Thunderbirdrider (talk) 12:58, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Declining as no reply was received to the question on COI. A response to this will be needed before an unblock can be considered. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 08:00, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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Thunderbirdrider (talk) 12:58, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Do you also understand, and agree to, the guidelines related to conflict of interest editing, specifically suggesting edits for non-COI editors to review rather than directly editing articles where you have a COI? If so, do you agree to follow these guidelines in the future? Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:36, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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

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Request reason:

I confirm I understand and agree to, the guidelines related to conflict of interest editing and agree to follow these guidelines in the future Thunderbirdrider (talk) 12:40, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

No response to query below in 19 days. — Daniel Case (talk) 06:16, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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Thunderbirdrider (talk) 12:40, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

I'm tentatively inclined to consider the unblock, but I would like to make sure you understand the COI guidelines first. If you saw an issue or something you would like to change/improve within a chiropractic article that fell within your COI, what would be the correct way to address the issue? - Aoidh (talk) 11:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Dear Aoidh, thank you for your message. I have carefully read the Wikipedia article on COI and its suggestions for compliance. I note that editors are permitted to contribute to Wikipedia, so long as they comply with other policies and guidance. I recognize that it is important to avoid controversial edits on articles where there exists a conflict. My understanding is that if I saw an issue or something I would like to change/improve within a chiropractic article that fell within my COI, the correct wa to address the issue would be to propose changes on talk pages by using the {edit COI} template or by posting a note at the COI noticeboard so that they can be peer reviewed. I am also aware of the {connected contributor} template to post on talk pages. 2A00:23C4:9016:4601:51D2:1E26:1B3B:4B8D (talk) 07:14, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

I have unblocked this account. Please keep WP:COI in mind and follow the procedures that you described when coming across articles and content that you have a conflict of interest with. Resuming any editing that violates this will result in being re-blocked. Thank you. - Aoidh (talk) 23:16, 26 July 2023 (UTC)