USPACOMPAO

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. - ^theWOLFchild 06:43, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Don't be alarmed by the notice. I regularly watch and edit US Navy articles here and when I noticed your account, I saw what could be some red flags. I listed you at WP:COINB (Conflict of Interest notice board). This is just basically CYA. I see you put in some work already and likely intend to do more, it would be a shame if it all had to be undone because of some technicality (afaict, at a glance, I see no problem with your actual edits so far - but, remember sourcing is paramount). They'll simply just review your situation and let you know if you can carry on and to what degree. If so, then you won't have to worry about anymore COI challenges or work suddenly being undone by someone claiming a COI down the road.

Also, your username might not be within policy. I listed it at WP:UAA (User names for Admin Attention). This is not not a big deal. Again, they'll just look at it and let you know if you can keep it or not. If not, they'll help you change it to a new one. This isn't a black mark against you at all. Plus, if you change it to something less official-sounding, you won't raise as many of those red flags. I'm sure you are well-intended and I'm actually happy to have someone from the Navy here taking in interest in updating and improving USN pages. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me. You can post on my talk page or email me by way of the "email this user" link in the left column of my user page. Cheers. - ^theWOLFchild 07:41, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

I think that military personnel working in their line of duty would be considered paid editors and bound by the WMF terms of use same as commercial paid editors. In other words even if you start using another username, if it is work directed by an employer, you must disclose to continue editing here. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=USPACOMPAO|employer=United States Pacific Command}}. - Brianhe (talk) 08:48, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Some key words in your comment; "paid" and "directed by the employer". We don't know yet if either is the case. This user has clearly stated on their user page that they have read the COI guidelines and that they are "not a paid advocate". It appears to me that they are doing this on their own time and of their own volition (We'll have to get them to clarify that). But as long as that's the case, and they continue to add well referenced and clearly NPOV content (and change their username) I don't think this should be a problem. This is already listed at COIN, so let's wait for that review before we have this editor post any 'paid' templates or disclose anything they might not actually have to. - ^theWOLFchild 09:37, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

March 2016

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, USPACOMPAO, identifies a role rather than an individual. 

You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:

1. Adding {{unblock-un|your new username here}} on your user talk page. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "E-mail this user" on their talk page.
2. At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
3. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. The account is created upon acceptance, thus do not try to create the new account before making the request for a name change. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Changing username.

If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Jackmcbarn (talk) 16:18, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

• This was to be expected and is not punitive. Simply follow the steps through the change in username policy and select a new user name that isn't official sounding. Then you'll be unblocked and can continue editing. - ^theWOLFchild 03:17, 19 March 2016 (UTC)