User talk:JT TellsHistory

May 2025

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your account has been blocked from editing because your username gives the impression that the account represents a group, team, club, organization, company, product, department, or website. Your username is the principal reason for the block. 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. Acroterion (talk) 23:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

Your reason here I didn't realize it needed to be a person. This is meFranklinFirstUMC (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Decline reason:

That username would also violate WP:USERNAME. Please reread that policy before making another unblock request. Yamla (talk) 20:08, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

request user name. JT_TellsHistory

My first time. Thank you for your patience. FranklinFirstUMC (talk) 14:58, 26 May 2025 (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.

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

Requested username:

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

Request reason:

Your reason here I didn't realize it needed to be a person. This is meFranklinFirstUMC (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please select an option from Wikipedia:Changing username and file a request as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Acroterion (talk) 15:02, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Hello, FranklinFirstUMC. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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 article subjects 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 {{edit COI}} template), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
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, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --Yamla (talk) 16:24, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Franklin First United Methodist Church

I moved the content from your user page to Draft:Franklin First United Methodist Church, as you were creating the draft in the wrong place. Remember, if you have a conflict of interest, you must publicly declare this, as explained in WP:COI, before editing further. You also must submit a request to change your username if you haven't already. You should be doing these things before editing the draft article further. --Yamla (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you have refused to follow these instructions, I've blocked you from that draft page for one hour. That should give you plenty of time. If you continue to refuse to change your username or declare your conflict of interest, you'll be blocked site-wide and indefinitely. This is your final warning. --Yamla (talk) 16:29, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did submit a user name change to JT_TellsHistory FranklinFirstUMC (talk) 16:30, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see you did indeed, though it's not yet processed. However, you have not declared your conflict of interest, at least not where I can see it. --Yamla (talk) 16:32, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have processed your rename. That just leaves your conflict of interest. WP:COI explains how to declare that. --Yamla (talk) 16:33, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe I have a conflict of interest. I do a lot of volunteer history telling and research and tell interesting points of history. I was working on a project of the Daniel McMahon house with our local museum and noticed it had a Wikipedia page and hence the journey to figure out how to make that connection but this new part of the house's history didn't have a page yet. JT TellsHistory (talk) 17:44, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also just took out any link that would be back to the church's page. If I understand correctly that was a part of the suggested corrections. If more apply, just let me know. Happy to make any changes necessary. JT TellsHistory (talk) 17:49, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have a direct conflict of interest. Come on now. You are directly associated with the Franklin First United Methodist Church. I will go and block you indefinitely. I oppose any unblock without a topic ban on Franklin First United Methodist Church and other subjects for which you have a conflict of interest. WP:GAB explains how to contest your block. --Yamla (talk) 15:42, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]