User talk:BestSharpening

There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, If you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:300C:B79:E000:B89C:FF4D:27C9:8E4 (talk) 14:11, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Please log in and edit this page to confirm that you made the above comment. 331dot (talk) 14:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

I will not seek reinstatement of my editing privileges as I do have a COI. I am the owner of a website that sells sharpening supplies. I was not trying to hide that and I even stated in my earlier response; "I would like to point out that the articles I write for my website do not contain links to products within the articles. I do this intentionally as the subjects I write about are largely derived from questions I repeatedly receive (whether they be from a customer or not). I try to write articles that answer those questions and I intend for these articles to be educational." I was not aware this was a COI as I see so many other website owners editing content on Wikipedia. I have read the COI policy and will not be editing any more articles. The only area I have enough expertise to make a positive contribution in is the area of sharpening. Any contributions I make would violate policy and that is not my intent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:300C:B79:E000:B89C:FF4D:27C9:8E4 (talk) 15:26, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Again, you need to log in to post, so we know that you wrote it. If you know of other Wikipedia articles about websites that are edited by representatives of those websites, feel free to point them out(though do not out other editors). As this is a volunteer project, it is possible for inappropriate articles to go undetected, even for years, and we rely on other volunteer editors to help out. If you later change your mind and decide that there are other subjects you want to edit about(you don't need to be an expert in any subject to write about it here), you are welcome to make a new request. 331dot (talk) 01:05, 22 June 2019 (UTC)