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Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC)I am an employee of Swan River Press and understand the conflict of interest in editing the Swan River Press wikipedia page.Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC)However, my intention is to make small edits to ensure the factual accuracy of information as well as to eliminate typos.Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Swan River Press, 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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Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)I am an employee of Swan River Press and understand the conflict of interest in editing the Swan River Press wikipedia page.Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)However, my intention is to make small edits to ensure the factual accuracy of information as well as to eliminate typos.Brian J. Showers (talk) 09:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. Additionally, if your contributions to Wikipedia form all or part of work for which you are, or expect to be, paid, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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 Thank you. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:32, 16 June 2020 (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.

Brian J. Showers (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Request reason:

Change of company name to individual name SwanRiverPress (talk) 16:53, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I've renamed and unblocked your account. To avoid being reblocked, you need to make a disclosure in accordance with WP:PAID. You also should read WP:COI. PhilKnight (talk) 17:51, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SwanRiverPress (talk) 17:03, 16 June 2020 (UTC)I am the sole employee of Swan River Press and did not realise the policy. My intention is to correct typos and other factual errors.[reply]

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