User talk:IBMDE

Hello, IBMDE. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article IBM Distinguished Engineer, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Wikipedia COI policy
The en.Wikipedia COI policy is confusing, but it is generally frowned upon to use Wikipedia promotionally. There are ways for this article to be written neutrally, but as it stands it comes across as very promotional. If you have non-IBM sources on the topic, I would be happy to help with improving the article to make it encyclopedic. --(AfadsBad (talk) 15:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC))

February 2014
Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created IBM Distinguished Engineer, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "IBMDE", 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. Drm310 (talk) 06:18, 13 February 2014 (UTC)