User talk:Mara Communications Team

November 2013
Hello, Mara Communications Team. 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 Mara Group, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:09, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 10:57, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia accounts are for individuals only, who are personally responsible for them, so accounts whose names are the names of groups or organizations are not permitted.

Your new username may be based on your real name or not, as you choose (see WP:REALNAME for some considerations) but it should not be the name of any other living person or of any group or organization. A username of the form "James at Mara" is perfectly acceptable, and has the advantage of making your interest clear.

Before editing about your company, please read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, which should answer most of your questions. If you have any more, place another "helpme" with a specific question below it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:05, 26 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry - I wasn't aware that I couldn't put the company as the username. Is there any chance you could unblock me so that I can change my username please?
 * User talk pages are not normally deleted. Yes, certainly, you can be unblocked to change username: what username do you propose? JohnCD (talk) 12:09, 26 November 2013 (UTC)