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Happy editing! ~Kvng (talk) 13:46, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! 86.134.23.220 (talk) 09:06, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to be affiliated with Keysight technologies as all of your edits are connected with this organisation. If you are then, in accordance with Wikipedia's terms and conditions, you are not permitted to directly edit any article that is related to your employer (or parts of articles that mention your employer). Note: that under the terms and conditions you are still considered a paid editor even if you employer is not specifically paying you to make the edits.

You are only permitted to propose an edit on the article talk page giving your reasoning for the change. You should use the {{request edit}} template for this purpose giving your change in the form of "Change X to Y" along with reasons and references. The template alerts other users to your proposal. Another editor will then assess your request and either decline the edit or carry it out. Don't expect a quick turnaround as the edit request queue is usually backlogged. Please refer to WP:COI for more information.

You are required to declare your affiliation by placing the

{{connected contributor (paid)|User1=Hooising|U1-employer=Keysight technologies}}

template at the top of your talk page. In addition, you must place the

{{connected contributor|User1=Hooising}}

template at the top of the talk page of any affected article (just add your name if a template already exists using the next user number). And finally, you must place the

{{paid|employer=Keysight technologies|list=yes|articles= * [[Example1]] * [[Example2]] * [[Example3]] * [[Example4]]}}}}

template on your user page listing the articles to which you have contributed. (note that the articles go on separate lines which you can see if you edit this page)

If you are affiliated, but not actually paid, then you are still required to use the edit request template but use this

{{Connected contributor|User1=Hooising|U1-declared=yes| U1-otherlinks=<Whatever your connection is>}}

template on the article talk page instead. Optionally, you may wish to add this

{{UserboxCOI|1=example1|2=example2}}

to your user page,

You can copy and paste the template code directly (omitting the 'nowiki' and '/nowiki' along with the '<' and '>' symbols) as I have filled most of it in for you. If you have any issues or questions, then leave a response here, and I will attempt to answer them (or point you in the right direction).

I am assuming that you are directly affiliated and that Keysight are not clients or subcontractors of the company that you do work for (or vice versa). If that is the case then things get a bit more complicated, but we can address that if it is the case. CliveDunford (talk) 10:24, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning if you make any further edits without responding to the inquiry you received regarding undisclosed paid editing.

86.181.0.242 (talk) 07:59, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Editor creating sock account to avoid Paid editing disclosure. Thank you. CliveDunford (talk) 13:39, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for advertising or promotion.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Fences&Windows 22:29, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]