User talk:John Pawson

Welcome!

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Harry Let us have speaks 10:51, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Using multiple accounts

Please note that Wikipedia generally does not allow the use of multiple accounts. It appears that you or someone involved with your office is also using the Pawsonoffice1 account. It is also generally unacceptable to have a username that implies that you are editing on behalf of an organisation. Further, you must exercise great caution in editing in areas where you have a conflict of interest, as noted above, especially when it is your own biography. Thank you. Harry Let us have speaks 10:52, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for sharing this account among multiple people, as you admitted to doing on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Architecture. Everyone who edits Wikipedia must have their own account, even if they are editing on behalf of the same person or group. You are each invited to create individual accounts and edit Wikipedia with them. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Jackmcbarn (talk) 17:42, 22 April 2015 (UTC)