User talk:TomCarter12

February 2018

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Tom Carter (rugby union). Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. theinstantmatrix (talk) 06:56, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, TomCarter12. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Tom Carter (rugby union), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. theinstantmatrix (talk) 06:56, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

articles about oneself

It is best not to edit articles about yourself directly. Better to discuss changes/ content on talk page. Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help has info that may prove useful. Please bear in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with content from WP:reliable sources. If you feel content casts you in a bad light, post to WP:BLPN. You might contact the foundation directly-- Wikipedia:Contact OTRS Thanks, --Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:52, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

As you claim to be the subject of the article

we will need to block this account till you sort that out-- more information to follow. I want to give you time to understand the information already presented.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:58, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Please be willing and able to prove your identity to Wikipedia. Please send an email to info-en@wikimedia.org. to establish your bona fides--Dlohcierekim (talk) 17:00, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

I've removed negative material from the article

Dlohcierekim is absolutely right above, but that said, I've removed the sentence in the article with "disliked" in it. That's not how biographies of living people are supposed to be set up here, and I'm very sorry to see it had been there for years (originally added by an IP in 2012) Certainly not Wikipedia at its best. I wish all bio articles were better watched than yours seems to have been. However, your self-promotion doesn't have any place in the article either. Bishonen | talk 18:09, 28 February 2018 (UTC).

February 2018

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, TomCarter12, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC)