User talk:Gbwiki1234

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Vancouver Sun
Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm afraid your listing of all the staff at the Vancouver Sun newspaper is simply too much information for an encyclopaedia page, and not the right way to go about improving this article. By all means, list notable editors and journalists if they already have articles about them. See The Times as a good exemplar. I shall shortly be removing these sections, but do I hope this won't put you off contributing. Do come have a chat with us at the Teahouse if you need any help or support. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:58, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * PS: I've found Category:Vancouver Sun people which may help you to replace these directory listings with a 'Notable people' section - but obviously some will be past members, so do consider including dates of employment. As always, citations to Reliable sources are needed when adding factual statements which might be challenged. Nick Moyes (talk)

Using two accounts for editing
Hello. This is just a polite note to say that I believe you might be accidentally breaching one of Wikipedia's policies by creating and operating two separate user accounts (User:Gbwiki1234 and User:Gbwiki24). If I'm right, I'm sure you did this as a brand new user without appreciating how seriously we regard multiple accounts being used here. When we feel this has been done maliciously we report the details to an administrator who launches an investigation, often leading in all accounts being blocked from editing. But my guess is that you've maybe innocently created one account for work and maybe one for use at home, so I thought I'd gently draw this to your attention first, and advise you how to deal with it.

Now, I could be wrong, of course, in which case I apologise for jumping to a false conclusion. But I noted that these two accounts were created within two days of one another, are almost identically named, and have only since edited lists of minor staff at Vancouver Sun. You need to know that continued use of more than one account for non-constructive purposes can lead to permanent blocks for what we call 'sockpuppetry'. See WP:SOCKPUPPET for more details on this, and for the very limited criteria in which two accounts may, under rare circumstances, be declared and used.

What I have done is to have left an identical help message on what I think is probably the alternative account. I invite you to create userpages for both of these accounts, on which you can declare any link between them and indicate which account you will now permanently abandon, and which will be used in future. I'm sorry to seem to be jumping on you like this, but (assuming I am right in my assumption) it's often better to sort out unintended errors like this whilst people are still brand new to editing. If you have any concerns over my message, feel free to reply to me, or to seek assistance at the Teahouse. You might like to have a go at The Wikipedia Adventure and visit Help:Getting started for more advice on the best ways to edit. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:45, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

PLEASE NOTE: I have no idea how to create a user page or get rid of the second account (Gbwiki24), which I created by mistake -- I was merely trying to help out the media outlet I worked at for 13 years by updating their information so it's current, given that Facebook is now linking to their Wikipedia page. Why on earth wouldn't you want correct information reflected, and who are you to decide that these journalists are not 'notable'? This is the publication of record in British Columbia, in the largest newsroom in Western Canada, and their website's masthead does not begin to reflect the breadth of their staff. If your aim is to put people off contributing to Wikipedia, you have certainly achieved that.
 * Replied on Talk Page of original account, User:Gbwiki24. I have created a user page here for you and added a declaration that this account has now been permanently abandoned. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:07, 26 September 2018 (UTC)