RACharles

OTRS Verified

--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 20:28, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, RACharles, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was RuPaul, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Houston, we have a problem

Greetings! In the edit summary of this edit, you claimed to be RuPaul Charles. We now have a dilemma:

1. If you are not Charles, then this username is a clear violation of the username policy, and this account must be blocked.
2. If you are Charles, then you have a conflict of interest; you should not edit your own article.

To compound matters, even if you are Charles, normal procedure—especially with a high-profile subject—is to block the account until they email the Volunteer Response Team to verify their identity.

I'm sure you understand that this is a necessary step to prevent impersonation. Pending verification from the VRT/OTRS, I'm going to have to block this account. —C.Fred (talk) 02:26, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, RACharles, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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I am trying to correct some inaccuracies on my page as well as replace images. What is the best procedure to do that? What proof of identity do you need?

RACharles (talk) 04:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

You'll need to email the VRT. For obvious reasons, that can't be handled on-Wiki; it needs to be done through email. —C.Fred (talk) 04:03, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

@C.Fred: I've verified the identity in Ticket:2018022410001176 --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 20:37, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Help me!

Who should I email the page corrections to? (What is the email address? And what should be used to reference this exchange?)

RACharles (talk) 05:27, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

The email address given on the "contact us" page for this sort of situation is info-en-q@wikimedia.org. Just link to this talk page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:RACharles) if you want to reference it. -- I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 05:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

@I dream of horses:--I, in my capacities as an OTRS agent, will note that we do not have any special editorial authority or responsibility in these cases.Our duty primarily ends with the verification of identity of the user.The best way forward to correct page content is always to propose the changes on the concerned t/p and get a neutral pair of eyes to vet (and incorporate) the edits.Regards~ Winged Blades^Godric 14:05, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

@Winged Blades of Godric: Point taken, and RACharles, you should take care to read what Winged Blades of Godric has written as well.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 18:23, 11 March 2018 (UTC) (added the suffix "-ed" twice at 18:24, 11 March 2018 (UTC))