User talk:Brandedpr

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Hello, Brandedpr, 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! —C.Fred (talk) 16:49, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
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Conflict of interest/username concerns
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Brandedpr) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Tony "Chef Tone" Scales. The specific issue with your username is that you appear to be working for a company named Branded PR, which is likely doing public relations for Scales. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 16:49, 10 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Regarding the conflict of interest, please note that your upload of File:HMatthews Chef-1232-2.jpg to Commons practically confirms the COI, because you had access to Scales to take the photo. —C.Fred (talk) 16:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Tony "Chef Tone" Scales. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

''Note: because you have a conflict if interest with Scales, you may not remove the tag notifying other editors about the conflict of interest. The other tags may only be removed after you correct the identified problems.'' —C.Fred (talk) 16:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Please stop. Continuing to remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Tony "Chef Tone" Scales, without resolving the problem that the template refers to may be considered disruptive editing. Further edits of this type may result in your being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Do not remove the conflict of interest tag again. If you think it should not be present, explain why, either on this talk page or on the article's. —C.Fred (talk) 17:18, 10 March 2011 (UTC)