User talk:Cherylwt

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Cheryl W. Thompson, 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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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! Doug Weller talk 10:23, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

November 2019
This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Cherylwt, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Cherylwt. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Cheryl W. Thompson, 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;
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 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
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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. Doug Weller talk 10:23, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

August 2023
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain pages (Cheryl W. Thompson) for undeclared COI editing. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Drmies (talk) 01:00, 28 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I’m sorry, did I do something wrong? Just wanted to update my page. Thx, Cherylwt (talk) 01:02, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, asked you a while ago to properly disclose your conflict of interest, and you haven't done that yet, and his message noted that "Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted." Adding "award-winning" to the first line counts as advertising, yes. If you have any updates, and they are supported by independent secondary sources, you can place an edit request on the article's talk page. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 01:08, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Got it. Cherylwt (talk) 09:49, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I have no conflict of interest. Cherylwt (talk) 09:51, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * You are the subject of the article you are editing. Drmies (talk) 16:06, 28 August 2023 (UTC)