User talk:Activeminds2021

October 2021
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.) Also, Wikipedia is that a user account must be for one person acting in an individual capacity, and must not represent an organisation, company, or group, nor must it be shared among members of a group. Since your username indicates that your account does represent an organisation, you should not continue to edit under that username. However, a username such as "Sue at Activeminds" would be fine, and would have the advantage of indicating that the account is an individual one while also providing transparency concerning your connection to the organisation you are connected to. JBW (talk) 21:14, 21 October 2021 (UTC)