User talk:BicycleLoverBrussels

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created European Cyclists' Federation, and I noticed that your username, "CyclistsFederation", 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 "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack 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, 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 change of username, by completing this form, 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. 331dot (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for changing your username; if you represent the Cyclists' Foundation, you will still need to review the conflict of interest policy and (if you are a paid representative) the paid editing policy. If you have any questions, you can post them here, or visit the Help Desk. Best wishes to you 331dot (talk) 10:01, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello BicycleLoverBrussels, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to European Cyclists' Federation has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk  20:40, 11 October 2016 (UTC)