User talk:CritterEntertainment

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Happy editing! davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  00:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello, CritterEntertainment. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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:


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I noticed that User:CritterEntertainment/sandbox is about a person named Chris Cotton. There is a person with that name associated with a company called Critter Entertainment. If you are writing about this person, that is a conflict of interest. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  00:56, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Your username
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Your username is both promotional and it implies shared use. Please change it or abandon this account and create one with a username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  00:59, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020
Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing because of the following problems: 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 against the username policy.

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