User talk:Astroturf Topiary

Welcome!

Hello, PWPLA02, 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 any other 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
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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! Valfontis (talk) 17:44, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing user name

I saw your question on Valfontis' page.

You have only 6 edits in your contributions so it isn't worth much effort to rename the editor for those. If you are willing to give those up to fate, you can change your username in the next few minutes. Just log out, and then click on "create account". —EncMstr (talk) 22:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite right, but changing username is not hard if you would prefer to do that: click on WP:Changing username, read to the bottom of that page, click on "Simple" and follow the instructions.

Either way, your username can be related to your real name, or not, as you choose (see WP:REALNAME for some considerations), but it should not be the name of any other living person or of any group or organization. A username of the form "Robert at PWPLA" is perfectly acceptable, and serves to declare your affiliation.

Please note from the WP:Conflict of interest guideline that you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use (and in some jurisdictions by laws against covert advertising) to declare your interest in any COI edits you make.

One final note: on talk pages (but not in articles) it helps to know who said what when if you sign your contributions by ending them with a group of four "tilde" characters ~~~~, which the system will convert to a "signature" of your username and the time and date, like this: JohnCD (talk) 22:52, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (February 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

The existing submission may be deleted at any time. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.

If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
You can also get real-time chat help from experienced editors.

(t) Josve05a (c) 22:41, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Astroturf Topiary, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! (t) Josve05a (c) 22:41, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]