User talk:Loveperth

September 2012
Hello, I'm Biker Biker. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Rottnest Island, because to me it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Biker Biker (talk) 08:13, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Loveperth. 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 need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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. Thank you. Biker Biker (talk) 08:13, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
 * Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
 * Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?


 * What can I do now?

If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you will probably not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead. If you do intend to make useful contributions about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:


 * Add the text on your user talk page.
 * Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:Listusers 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 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 below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case (talk) 14:40, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

December 2012

 * Even if you change your username, you will NEVER be able to link to your personal website, as per WP:SPAM and WP:EL. Do you understand this? (✉→BWilkins←✎) 12:47, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The idea that "promotion" can only refer to commercial promotion for profit by a business is very common among newcomers to Wikipedia, though I don't know why. Edits which appear to be aimed at calling the attention of readers to a web site, and attract them to visiting that website, are edits to promote your website, no matter whether the site is commercial or not, and no matter how honourable the intentions of the person making those edits. If you wish to be unblocked then I suggest that you make it clear that you appreciate this, and will in future avoid any edits that publicise your website. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bwilkins and KillerChihuahua, I appreciate your comments and the reason for the block. I travel a lot around the Perth area and have a keen interest in photography and local knowledge. Although I realise I am unable to integrate the content of my personal website with Wikipedia, this was something I did as believed it would add value. I am willing to refrain from such linking as per Wikipedia rules.

One question - I believe I added some of my photography to the following page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araluen_Botanic_Park. The images were on Wikimedia Commons and very relevant to the page. May I ask why these images were removed? How do I stand if I want to add images to a page without a link to my personal website? I would still want to maintain a level of copyright and attribution to myself.
 * Although you always maintain copyright, you must release the images to Wikipedia as per the image use policy - this does end up meaning that others can also do what they want for the most part, unfortunately. I note that you have made an error in your recent unblock: this username CANNOT be used to edit Wikipedia as it matches your website.  You seem to have included the same current name in your unblock request (✉→BWilkins←✎) 21:16, 28 December 2012 (UTC)