User talk:AMatventions

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Ventions", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87". Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a username change that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. -- dsprc  [talk]  18:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Ventions' article
Hi, this company is somewhat notable, however, you are forbidden from using this username. It is also strongly recommended that you do not continue to edit this article. You are going to have to change your username immediately, and I will have to report it for policy violation as noted in the boilerplate notice above. If you are to change your username, communication with the community is key, and you can not just add in anything you want. You need to state your affiliation with this company and are discouraged (but not 100% forbidden) from directly editing the article to maintain a neutral point of view. Please see: Conflict of interest and Neutral point of view. After you change your name, you can post back to this talk page, or the one on the Ventions article, and we will see what can be done about it. -- dsprc  [talk]  19:08, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Ventions. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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. -- dsprc  [talk]  19:09, 19 June 2014 (UTC)