User talk:217.131.39.158

Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict, of interest & related matters
There are a few points which you need to know, in relation to editing from this IP address. Firstly, no kind of promotional editing is allowed by Wikipedia policy. Secondly, if you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is. (To avoid the possibility of a surprisingly common misunderstanding, editing is part of paid work if it is done as part of normal employment or as part of a work to a contract, whether or not a specific payment earmarked for editing Wikipedia is made.) At least twice now editing contrary to those requirements has been done from this IP address, but now that you know about the requirements I hope you can be careful to avoid making the same mistake again. JBW (talk) 14:40, 1 November 2022 (UTC)