User talk:Davestapp

April 2014
Hello, Davestapp. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. You seem to be a shill for Beat the System (band) and Diana Meltzer Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:24, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Multiple accounts
It seems that you are/were operating the following account(s):



Is there some reason for this? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:14, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

September 2015
Hello, I'm Walter Görlitz. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Beat the System (band), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. ''I don't think you understand what a reliable source is. When you add a link to your press release and then show multiple other links to the exact same press release, it still fails the criteria. Also, the article is about the band, not the producer. Fluffing the propducer's credits doesn't help at all.'' Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:15, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Beat the System (band), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''So the term "world renown" is not only a WP:PEACOK term, it's not necessary. Wikipedia editors and readers judge the notability of a subject on whether they do or don't have an article. If they do, link to it and leave it alone. Don't fluff it up. If the engineer doesn't have an article, they're likely not well known. And again, the article is about the band not the people they hire to work for them. '' Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:48, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

And for the record, stop linking to sources that are picking up and redistributing your press releases. Read WP:RS and you'll see why. If I see another self-promotional edit from you, I will take the issue to the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Read that as protection of the Wikipedia project, not a threat to stop you from making constructive, informed edits. Wikipedia is happy to have informed individuals providing valuable sources to the project, but promoting a band, which is what it appears you're doing, is not in keeping with the spirit of Wikipedia. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:52, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

May 2016
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Beat the System (band), as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Adding a reference is not a minor change. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:05, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Copyright violations and other problems
Probably best if you stated away from promoting the band. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:26, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk)