User talk:FinMarcVentures

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Finmarc ventures, 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.

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Thank you so much for your message Chrissy, I apologize for the violation of the code and ethics of Wiki. To be honest, I am self-guiding here and have no idea as to what the heck I am doing. I ultimately would just like to create a business page for my company. Could you please advise me on how best to go about doing that? Your help is much appreciated in advance. FinMarcVentures (talk) 11:19, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Just a little courtesy ping to the above request -- samtar talk or stalk 11:21, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Ironically I saw this on my watch list but it still hasn't notified me! Wonder if pings are broken?  Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  Talk

Generally employees of companies/individuals closely related to subject at hand should not be substantially editing articles related to that subject. I would start with articles for creation after making sure that the topic meets notability for companies. Chrissymad ❯❯❯  Talk

Your username
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Finmarc ventures, and I noticed that your username, "FinMarcVentures", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 11:27, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I would add that if you choose to request a new username, it will be a few days before it will be processed, due to some technical issues at the moment. 331dot (talk) 11:28, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I am more than happy to change the username and please note that I am not trying to promote or stern anyone in anyway to our company. I just wanted to simply have a presence on Wiki as some of our other business contemporaries already have. That said, I think all of this may be a bit over my head to be candid. Is there an internal service offered there at WiKi that could complete what I am attempting to do? FinMarcVentures (talk) 11:39, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you are attempting to create an article about your company, your best bet is to visit Articles for Creation where you can submit a draft for an independent review before it is posted, to get feedback. If you do this, you will need to have independent reliable sources indicating how your company meets the notability guidelines for companies.  Please understand that not every company merits a page on this global encyclopedia.
 * If you feel that your company merits an article, but don't want to write it yourself, you can visit Requested Articles to request that others write an article, though this could take time. 331dot (talk) 11:43, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

There have been two problems identified with this account: 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, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 14:03, 14 December 2016 (UTC)