User talk:Calhounwine

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Hello, Calhounwine, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Warren Winiarski, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk 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! Kleuske (talk) 23:14, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Calhounwine, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.'''A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines and create the account yourself. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
 * Adding below. You should be able to do this even though you are blocked, as you can usually still edit your own talk page. If not, you may wish to contact the blocking administrator by clicking on "Email this user" on their talk page.
 * At an administrator's discretion, you may be unblocked for 24 hours to file a request.
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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Euryalus (talk) 23:29, 5 September 2018 (UTC) Hi, to further explain the above, there's a couple of issues with this account.


 * 1) Your username is clearly representative of a company, which is not permissible on Wikipedia. Check out this policy for why. This is the immediate reason for this block.
 * 2) It's at least arguable that your edits are promotional. This isn't the reason for the block, but if you are here to promote Calhoun Wines via its association with Warren Winiarski or anyone else, please have a read of this policy first.
 * 3) The terms of use for Wikipedia do not allow undisclosed paid editing - if you're employed by Calhoun Wines to edit Wikipedia you will need to declare that on the userpage of any account you create for that purpose.

Hope all that is clear, and helps explain why this account name has been blocked. I appreciate it's a blizzard of links and templates, and am happy to discuss any or all of it in more detail if required. Otherwise, here's the short version: feel free to select a new username; make sure you're not editing for the purposes of advertising, and if you're paid to be here make sure you declare that on-wiki so other editors are aware. -- Euryalus (talk) 23:29, 5 September 2018 (UTC)