User talk:JoeTransit

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia, because it appears to be mainly intended or used for promotional purposes of a company or group. See FAQ/Organization and Conflict of interest''.

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Hi, your username has been reported to administrators as it seems as though multiple people are using the same account which violates username policy - see. If you wish to carry on editing please set up individual accounts with separate usernames. Please also be aware that of wikipedia's guidelines regarding editing article that you may have a conflict of interest with. I've added some information about this below. Feel free to message me once you've set up a new account if you have any questions. Smartse (talk) 16:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam); and,
 * 4) avoid breaching relevant 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 conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Smartse (talk) 16:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Unblocked
You have been unblocked. Please change your username and userpage to reflect that you are a single person who is editing Wikipedia without affiliation with or direction from the Virginia Railway Express. To change your username, please see this page and follow the directions on the page. Please also read WP:COI and FAQ/Organizations for information on editing pages related to your company. Happy editing, Malinaccier (talk) 02:07, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

MARC Edit
The main reasons I had made my edit were two fold. Firstly, to bring the link in line with the name of the Wikipedia article on the MARC Train. There was a long discussion on the appropriate name for that article, and the consensus was that fully spelling out "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" was a poor choice per WP:COMMONNAME, and that it had largely been dropped from regular use.

Secondly, the current phrasing of the link is redundant, and implies that "Maryland Area Rail Commuter" is the parent agency, while "MARC" is the name of the service (similar to the "MTA Metro-North Railroad"). That would be an inaccurate rendering, as the parent agency is MTA Maryland, and "Maryland Area Commuter Rail" (Which, after typing 3 times in this message, deserves an acronym!) is the service. In short, it's just awkward and redundant.oknazevad (talk) 17:04, 23 June 2009 (UTC)