User talk:Tom at HiveMindSystems

October 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. 331dot (talk) 10:14, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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

Tom at HiveMindSystems (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Tom at HiveMindSystems (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

To comply with rule against usernames identifying an organisation without a responsible person being named. Hivemindsystems (talk) 10:37, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I have renamed your account and will remove the block. Before you edit further, please read the conflict of interest policy, paid editing policy, and how to make edit requests. The Terms of Use require paid editing(which includes mere employment) to be declared, and users with a conflict of interest should make edit requests on the talk page and in general not directly make edits. If you have questions, please ask me or at the Teahouse. 331dot (talk) 10:43, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thank you for the clarification. In this case I created a username related to my organisation to fix a citation typo which linked to my organisation's web site rather than the correct (and unrelated) web site, to make my interests clear. I do not intend to make any additions or edits related to the organisation itself. Tom at HiveMindSystems (talk) 11:40, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correcting a typo is perfectly fine(see the list of areas where a COI edit is permitted). You still must formally declare your relationship with your organization on your user page; "paid editing" includes employment or any form of compensation, even if you are not specifically asked to edit. Thanks. 331dot (talk) 11:43, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]