User talk:City of Mt. Shasta

Why I reverted your edits on Mount Shasta
Greetings. I have reverted your edits to Mount Shasta, California due to formatting problems, changes you made to the article which do not accord with Wikipedia guidelines, and overtly promotional edits. Do not be surprised if this user name is not permitted to edit, particularly after you edited an article of nearly the same name over a dozen times over two days. Please see WP:GROUPNAME for the reasons your user name may not be appropriate, and after your edits to Mount Shasta, California, may end up blocked. The policy states "A user who both adopts a promotional username and also engages in inappropriately promotional behaviors in articles about the company, group, or product, can be blocked." I am sure you understand the reason for this policy. Sincerely yours, Ellin Beltz (talk) 19:21, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, City of Mt. Shasta, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited 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. 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 any other 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 firm 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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Group username not allowed
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited Mount Shasta, California, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "City of Mt. Shasta", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website which relates to the entity in question, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or accounts that are shared. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our Conflict of interest guideline and Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 19:22, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

January 2014
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. BencherliteTalk 19:59, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Before correcting inaccuracies
Before going back to the Mount Shasta, California page, please read the Five pillars of Wikipedia and the other materials listed above. Changing "Mount" to "Mt." is not going to be an acceptable change throughout that article as it would completely mangle the alphabetizing and categorizing system of the Encyclopedia as a whole. Also please provide citations for information added to the project, it is not enough to say "I'm from here, I know."

According to published sources, the "City of Mount Shasta" was not incorporated abbreviated, per the state registry of incorporated cities which is now cited in the article.

I think it is sufficient to say that the mountain is a landmark, since the reader can click the link to go to the page on the mountain where your information was provided and cited. If we rewrote every factoid into every page, the project would become unmanageable in size - certain items which are not directly related to each page are thus left to the linked page to explain.

Please take some time before "correcting" anything else, to read the materials linked above and understand what is a reliable source. Also, note that large sets of changes to pages from a new editor are most likely to be reverted and continue to be reverted because these pages grow slowly over time with the contributions of many people. Earlier today I incorporated some of your proposed additions on that page, but please do not go back and change every "Mount" to a "Mt." nor make changes based only on your personal knowledge. In Wikipedia, those kinds of changes are called "no original research"; you can read more about it here at WP:NOR. I suggest adding your suggestions to the talk page for Mount Shasta and let the community argue them out - especially if you are unable to provide citations. Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 00:46, 29 January 2014 (UTC)