I am a partner for Travels with Friends LLC, a tour agency providing private tours in Europe.
I am aware of, and have read Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest behavioural guidelines and the Suggestions for COI compliance - and understand how these are particularly relevant to me. I will do my best to adhere to these guidelines in the following ways:
Hello MOP,
My name is Ken Diaz and I am a partner for Travels with Friends LLC, a European Tour agency based in California. You had left a message for me on my new Wiki Page - thank you for doing so. I would like to post a company bio about our business but have read that it can only be posted by 2nd party Wikipedia writers to ensure that I do not breach conflict of interest rules. Do you know this to be true? I am new to Wikipedia so I would like to make sure I follow the rules of the land. If you have any tips on how to properly post information to gain good rankings on popular search engines, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks! Ken Diaz ((Redacted)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travels with Friends (talk • contribs) 21:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Well, you could post it yourself, but as you said, we discourage people who are related to the subject from writing about it as they are often biased. If you'd like, you could create the page on a sandbox (say, User:Travels with Friends/Sandbox), I could approve it, and then it could be put up. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :D 01:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
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Jimfbleak -
talk to me?
16:41, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Travels with Friends ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
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Since I blocked this account, I won't formally respond to the unblock request. I just note that the suggested new user name is basically an abbreviation of the old Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:38, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Travels with Friends ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
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Hello. I would only like to post a bio on our company and owners. We would not edit any other Wiki articles and would simply like our company to be represented on Wikipedia as other companies are. Is this possible? Thank you very much.
I guess I was confused as Wiki editor Master of Puppets (see above) mentioned that he could approve my own article prior to posting. At this point, how do you recommend that I proceed on this? Is there someone at Wiki that would prepare a bio on my company or is there a 3rd party I can approach to post a bio? I would like to meet all of your requirements but find it difficult to move ahead. You input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am a partner for Travels with Friends LLC, a tour agency providing private tours in Europe.
I am aware of, and have read Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest behavioural guidelines and the Suggestions for COI compliance - and understand how these are particularly relevant to me. I will do my best to adhere to these guidelines in the following ways:
Hello MOP,
My name is Ken Diaz and I am a partner for Travels with Friends LLC, a European Tour agency based in California. You had left a message for me on my new Wiki Page - thank you for doing so. I would like to post a company bio about our business but have read that it can only be posted by 2nd party Wikipedia writers to ensure that I do not breach conflict of interest rules. Do you know this to be true? I am new to Wikipedia so I would like to make sure I follow the rules of the land. If you have any tips on how to properly post information to gain good rankings on popular search engines, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks! Ken Diaz ((Redacted)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Travels with Friends (talk • contribs) 21:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Well, you could post it yourself, but as you said, we discourage people who are related to the subject from writing about it as they are often biased. If you'd like, you could create the page on a sandbox (say, User:Travels with Friends/Sandbox), I could approve it, and then it could be put up. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :D 01:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.
A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.
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:
{{
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.{{
unblock|Your reason here}}
, but you should read our
guide to appealing blocks first.
Jimfbleak -
talk to me?
16:41, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Travels with Friends ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Requested username:
Decline reason:
Since I blocked this account, I won't formally respond to the unblock request. I just note that the suggested new user name is basically an abbreviation of the old Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:38, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Travels with Friends ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Requested username:
Decline reason:
Hello. I would only like to post a bio on our company and owners. We would not edit any other Wiki articles and would simply like our company to be represented on Wikipedia as other companies are. Is this possible? Thank you very much.
I guess I was confused as Wiki editor Master of Puppets (see above) mentioned that he could approve my own article prior to posting. At this point, how do you recommend that I proceed on this? Is there someone at Wiki that would prepare a bio on my company or is there a 3rd party I can approach to post a bio? I would like to meet all of your requirements but find it difficult to move ahead. You input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.