User talk:Avon Fire Rescue

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Avon Fire and Rescue Service, and I noticed that your username, "Avon Fire Rescue", 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, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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, service, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, choosing a username 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. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

November 2021
Hello, I'm Discospinster. I noticed that you recently removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ... disco spinster   talk  14:58, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Paid
Hello Avon Fire Rescue. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Avon Fire Rescue. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. -- VViking Talk Edits 15:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Avon Fire Rescue, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. VViking Talk Edits 15:09, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

This is incorrect, I am an employee of a public service and represent Avon Fire & Rescue. I have no financial stake in promoting our information.

Edit warring
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges on that page. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you.-- VViking Talk Edits 15:09, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Nearly everything you are doing is against Wikipedia's policies
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for promotion or advertising. -- VViking Talk Edits 15:10, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

November 2021
 Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must:
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  15:10, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

I work for Avon Fire & Rescue Service.

I DO NOT receive financial compensation in exchange for Wiki page edits, and I DO NOT promote or seek to promote anything on the Avon Fire & Rescue Wiki Page.

I have never used Wikipedia as an editor, and didn't realise my username had to comply with any guidelines, so I assumed I could use the name of my employer - who is a government funded emergency service.

I have now amended my username (ElisaTapl)

The current content on the Avon Fire & Rescue Service Wiki page is opinion based, and harmful to public safety as it creates mistrust between us as a Service and the communities we aim to protect.

My edits are merely corrections of incorrect fact, and addition of new information.

All the information included within my edits is available at https://avonfire.gov.uk/.

This is a gross mis-use of power from Wikipedia, when we as a Service are simply trying to protect our reputation ahead of a recruitment campaign.

Regards, Elisabeth
 * "I work for Avon Fire & Rescue Service.... we as a Service are simply trying to protect our reputation ahead of a recruitment campaign." Condemned out of your own mouth, Elisabeth. Not just "No," but "Hell, no!" -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  15:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)