Gregg's New Zealand

Welcome

Hello, Gregg's New Zealand, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be an article about a subject with which you may be closely connected. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we try to maintain a neutral point of view and have policies and guidelines relating to potential editorial conflicts of interest. If you have suggestions to make which could improve the article, or edits which you wish to make, please make sure you follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest before you do so.

It is also worth noting that Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which specifically link them to one company or corporation. It would be advisable for you to request a change of username.

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Conflict of interest

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

1. You may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
2. Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations.The article in question is Gregg's (New Zealand). Thank you.

Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:39, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, your account has been blocked; you are welcome to create a new account with a username that represents only you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:33, 31 December 2010 (UTC)