User talk:Brucegarner

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Hello, Brucegarner, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Integrity USA does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

There's a page about the NPOV policy that has tips on how to effectively write about disparate points of view without compromising the NPOV status of the article as a whole. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Questions page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Below are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! ThadeusOfNazerethTalk to Me! 17:55, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
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January 2020
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Integrity USA. Notes in the article distract from the content - We also don't allow people with a clear connection to the article to make edits if they appear biased in any way. ThadeusOfNazerethTalk to Me! 18:07, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Brucegarner, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:13, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * per Special:Permalink/934516401, please rescind this "soft block". --- C &amp; C  (Coffeeandcrumbs) 23:59, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much,, for reviewing the ticket and the ping.
 * Thank you very much,, for providing verification, and sorry for the inconvenience caused by this requirement.
 * I am now removing the block., there appears to be a conflict of interest regarding Integrity USA, and any further edits to the article, or similarly related articles, should probably be requested on the respective talk pages instead. To do so, simply click "Talk" above an article, then click the text "request corrections on or suggest content" in the orange warning box at the top. If such a box does not exist on the talk page of another article, click "New section" instead, and see request edit for instructions.
 * There are exceptions to this procedure, but text like you had done is likely not one of them. Removing factual errors, on the other hand, when done purely by removing text and adding nothing, can be done directly. See FAQ/Article_subjects and FAQ/Organizations for details.
 * I have added detailed standardized advice about this issue below. Please carefully read it.
 * Thank you very much in advance and best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:42, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Brucegarner. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:13, 3 January 2020 (UTC)