User talk:CalAgToday

February 2014
Hello, I'm Drm310. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Merced County, California, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Drm310 (talk) 02:38, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "CalAgToday", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it's a Company/Group name californiaagtoday.com/. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 21:28, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Possible conflict of interest
Hello, CalAgToday. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Merced County, California, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 21:30, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Pistacio, you may be blocked from editing. --Mr Fink (talk) 00:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Blocked
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.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:38, 7 August 2018 (UTC) California Ag Today is a Google Recognized website the covers California Agriculture. All articles are originally written and edited by a veteran agricultural editor with 33 years of experience.

We do understand why we are being blocked. We are pro-agriculture, which created a confict in interest. We will in the future adhere to Wikipedia policiesCalAgToday (talk) 02:23, 9 August 2018 (UTC)


 * No, you don't fully understand why you were blocked. Read the warnings on your page, here.
 * Organizations are not permitted to have user accounts. Only an individual person may have an account.
 * Your use of the word "we" implies that this is a shared account. A Wikipedia account must be accessible by one person only.
 * You failed to read Guide to appealing blocks and failed to formulate an unblock request, also failing to specify a new personal username.
 * You can request a username like "Mary at CalAgToday" if you want to retain an association with your company. The point is that a username must represent only you as an individual.
 * Finally, and most important, you don't seem to be aware that Wikipedia is not to be used for publicity or promotion, ever. As an editor with a conflict of interest, you can still edit here, but for areas of your conflict of interest you must stick to draft space or talk pages, not edit articles directly. You can create a draft and submit it for review, but you should not move the draft to main article space yourself. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:31, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanations. I failed to read the Wikipedia Guide in regards to organizations editing. I will choose another username and edit correctly in the future---following all Wikipedia rules. CalAgToday (talk) 16:04, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Be advised that if you create a new account with a new username, the new account will be blocked for evading this current block. The intent of a block is to block the person behind the account, not the account itself. You need to get this account unblocked first. Please follow the instructions in your block message. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:32, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

I am requesting an unblock as I now know that I did not follow Wikipedia standards. I will adhere to all standards and cease posting without following just standards. If unblocked, I will use a new user name. Thank you.