User talk:Hockeymedia

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Hi Alex, hockeymedia links to my personal email (not a group, just me). I tried to rename my username to my personal name, but could not manage. I will respectfully stop using this account / try creating a new account so that it shows my personal name. thank you richard

April 2012

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Parkhurst Products. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 16:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen (Hockeymedia) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

1. It is possible that you 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 or adding links to its website.
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 guidelines concerning 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. Thank you. Alexf^(talk) 16:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Alex - Agreed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.210.173.222 (talk) 14:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)