User talk:ChesterMysteryPlays

August 2022

 * If you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is.


 * Wikipedia policy is that a user account is for one person acting in their personal capacity, and accounts representing businesses, organisations, groups of people, or web sites, as apparently in your case, are not allowed. A user name such as "International Cabbage Agency" is therefore not permitted, but a name such as "Karen at the International Cabbage Agency" is fine, and has advantage of transparency regarding the affiliation of the editor while also indicating that the account is an individual one. JBW (talk) 10:28, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this information. I do work as a freelance for Chester Mystery Plays but the only thing I have edited is to include the date of the next production in 2023 - June 28-July 15 2023 at Chester Cathedral.  Is that ok? ChesterMysteryPlays (talk) 10:31, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, that certainly isn't the kind of seriously problematic editing because of which the guideline on conflict of interest exists, which is not because of people like you, but because of a very different kind of editors, who edit in very unconstructive ways about subjects to which they have a connection. However, giving dates and information about where tickets can be obtained gives the appearance of being use of Wikipedia to attract customers to the event, which is contrary to Wikipedia's policy on promotion. Personally I have no problem at all with your username, and I regard letting you know about the relevant policy as all that is needed, but some administrators taken a firmer line that I do, and might well have blocked you from editing, so I thought it would be helpful to warn you, so as to forestall possible future problems. JBW (talk) 15:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)