User talk:MattBinYYC

I decided just to clear some stuff out, had stuff going back to 2006 on here and random WikiProjects that didn't make sense. --WestJet (talk) 19:58, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

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...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:13, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

I noticed multiple edits that you have made to articles related to the WestJet group of airlines. Please note that not only is your username against our username policy (as you have the same username as the airlines), your edits to articles related to the WestJet group of airlines seem to contravene our paid editing policy and conflict of interest guidelines. Please change your username and adhere to our paid editing policy immediately. In the meanwhile, I have [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention&diff=prev&oldid=828699948 requested] that your current username be blocked, as it is blatantly promotional. Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page in case you need any clarification. Thanks, Lourdes 06:05, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

{{unblock-un reviewed | 1=MattBinYYC | reason=Made this account eons ago, but new policy was put in place, can't be a brand name. Also, the claim about promotional editing/and representing a group is incorrect. I do NOT work for or represent WestJet or have been paid by WestJet to do anything to their pages. The edit I made on WestJet Encore was a grammar and style edit. WestJet (talk) 00:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC) | accept=Globally renamed 'WestJet' to 'MattBinYYC' and unblocked. Just Chilling (talk) 01:40, 5 March 2018 (UTC)}}

• This is the full list of all edits to the WestJet group of articles: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=827202306&oldid=825925554&title=WestJet_Encore][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=664230260&oldid=663736658&title=WestJet][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=664230395&oldid=664230260&title=WestJet][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=76825482&oldid=76808752&title=WestJet][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=76704120&oldid=76650261&title=WestJet][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=24488023&oldid=20817273&title=Talk:WestJet] In one diff, you remove an uncited incident from a WestJet article. In another diff, you place a promotional puff about a new service to Glasgow. In one diff, you also have engaged in the talk page giving expert information on the group. If you have no relation to the group, why did you use a name that represents the group and why are you making these edits? Thanks, Lourdes 01:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

:*I have unblocked, following the rename, as required by policy since the block was a soft block. This is, however, without prejudice to a fresh, hard block if there is promotional editing or failure to comply with WP:COI or WP:PAID. Just Chilling (talk) 01:45, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

:*I made the account in about 2006-07 so like when I first discovered Wikipedia & was super into WestJet and aviation. The edit to WestJet Encore which is how this started was a simple style edit. WestJet has always capitalized the J, so it was such a minor edit. 2nd edit was a vandal, 3rd edit was to add the tartan tail to the special liveries section, 4th edit was again a style edit along with the 5th and the 6th edit on the talk page was all the way in 2005 & it's not really "expert" commentary. I was like 16-17. I appreciate where User:Vanguard10 was coming from however, trust me I don't work for them. I'd love to... but I don't. Back in 2005, I don't know if the policy was the same back then, but I really used WestJet as a username on everything including YouTube which the actual airline had to go and request from me. MattBinYYC (talk) 01:49, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

:::I'll buy that. To avoid future issues, I'll additionally suggest restraining from editing WestJet articles, given the history of your name combined with edits to the articles. This is purely a suggestion and not anything more than that – as any significant future edit to any WestJet related article will come under scrutiny. Thanks, Lourdes 02:29, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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It is unfortunate that you were blocked. I expressed this before you were blocked by asking an administrator if Wikipedia should look the other way or even change the policy. I can imagine that logging on and find that you have been banned (blocked in Wikipedia lingo) is upsetting. It is even upsetting to me.

The people who formulated the policy may believe that if a username is the same as a company, that means that you are a company employee. That is not true. Furthermore, if one was writing (editing in Wikipedia lingo) nefariously, all they need to do is make up a username not the same as a company. For example, if Petro Canada had a paid employee to write in Wikipedia, instead of choosing User:Petro Canada, they would just have to choose User:SaskatoonSally instead. It may be better for companies to be able to edit openly and have an obvious user name.

If you want to join me to try to change the policy so that you can regain your WestJet user name, let me know and we can, as a group force, try. Vanguard10 (talk) 03:31, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

:Hello Vanguard10, it'll be a waste of time trying to change policy. Till the time Matt hadn't edited WestJet articles, the username would not have been blocked. If one wishes to edit "nefariously" (as you put it) and uses a name that is different than the corporation's name, their editing pattern should give them away (e.g. promotional edits, attempts to blank negative information). Anyway, my suggestion is to just get on with editing rather than attempting to change a tried and tested policy. Thanks, Lourdes 05:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

:: It's all good. As Lourdes pointed out, it was pretty much a blip on the radar because back in 2006 or whenever I signed up, I literally had no idea. I didn't appear on the radar for over a decade of edits before it was caught. I completely understand why they want the username changed, and to be honest it's good to have it be universal on my social media. Once me & Lourdes cleared it up, it was all good. Don't feel bad about it. MattBinYYC (talk) 08:11, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

I saw you asking on IRC and in the Teahouse about editing the bracket in 2023 Leagues Cup, but did you get a resolution?

The details in the bracket are edited at the separate article 2023 Leagues Cup knockout stage.

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