User talk:BayAreaReporter

Welcome!

Hello, BayAreaReporter, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! - Hello BayAreaReporter. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Bay Area Reporter, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
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 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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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. AV3000 (talk) 02:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Your username
Regarding your username, it is apparent that your name is the same as your organization. Such naming practice is not allowed on Wikipedia, according to the guideline at WP:CORPNAME. You will want to change your name to something else by following the directions found at Changing username. Sorry for the inconvenience! Binksternet (talk) 21:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC)