User talk:The West End Museum

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! BusterD (talk) 14:10, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there! I don't want this above message to discourage you from contributing. We thank you for adding a citation where one was desired. If you performed this edit as a member of the staff of the Boston museum your username suggests, Wikipedia welcomes you. There's a group of wikipedians who try to help galleries, libraries, archives and museums contribute to Wikipedia called WP:GLAM. I encourage you to visit that project to help your institution understand better how such organizations can develop a lasting relationship with the pedia. However, your username implies shared use. This is not allowed. Please see WP:Username policy. "User:The West End Museum Bob" or "User:The West End Museum Curator" would be among the acceptable usernames. Such names imply that only one individual is using the account. For your best interest, please consider creating an account with a username which does meet our standards. As you can read above, we do have rules about how compensated editors contribute. I encourage you to read about this. In any case, it's a pleasure to see a new user add a needed reliable source citation as their very first edit. We need all that help we can get, especially if that new user has content knowledge. Happy editing, and don't be shy about asking for help. BusterD (talk) 14:29, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

August 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

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 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
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