User talk:HFEdit

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Hello, HFEdit, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, HFEdit. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Heathen Front, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. A notice has been filed here which you may want to reply to, in order to provide your own point of view. CharlieTheCabbie|paġna utenti|diskussjoni 04:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

username issue

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "HFEdit", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 15:44, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

This is not an issue, Jytdog - I reported the username to UAA prior to posting on the COI noticeboard and was told by mlpearc that this was not a violation of the username policy. He suggested I sent it to the COI noticeboard. Thanks for checking it, but everything is fine. CharlieTheCabbie|paġna utenti|diskussjoni 16:26, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

I don't agree - the user is here is a representative of the website per here - and please see the warning directly above which specifically refers to this as a problem. Jytdog (talk) 16:51, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Please consult with mlpearc directly then, if it is that you and he disagree, decide between the two of you. I will input too, but we need to keep this off this user's page until a decision is made. CharlieTheCabbie|paġna utenti|diskussjoni 17:08, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

nope, there is no restriction on editors using templates as you suggest. I am happy to discuss the issue however. Jytdog (talk) 17:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Ping for Mlpearc

@Mlpearc: CharlieTheCabbie|paġna utenti|diskussjoni 17:13, 1 January 2015 (UTC)