User talk:V2RecordsBenelux

Guidelines and policies on various issues
Wikipedia is not a web host for holding personal web pages unrelated to work on building the encyclopaedia. You are, of course, very welcome to start making contributions to the encyclopaedia, in line with Wikipedia policies and guidelines if you are interested in doing so, but if your only interest is in writing a personal web page, then there are many web sites which provide that sort of service, but Wikipedia is not one of them. Also the English Wikipedia's username policy doesn't allow username which suggest that accounts represent businesses, rather than individual people. Therefore you shouldn't continue to edit under your present username. However, something like "Karl at V2 Records" would be fine. JBW (talk) 13:10, 2 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately when I posted the above message I mistakenly posted information intended for editors using Wikipedia to host personal web pages, instead of the following information, which I intended to post: If you are connected to someone or something you have written about (a few examples are writing about yourself, your business, your band, a member of your family, your client) then you should be aware that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline discourages you from writing about that subject. The main reason for that is that experience over the years indicates that editors with such a connection to a subject they are writing about are likely to find it very difficult, or even impossible, to stand back from their writing and see how it will look from the detached perspective of an outsider, so that they are likely to write in ways that look promotional to others, even if they sincerely think they are writing in a neutral way. Also, if your editing forms all or part of work for which you are paid, whether as an employee, as a contractor, or in any other capacity, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require you to state who is paying you, and what your connection to them is. (To avoid the possibility of a surprisingly common misunderstanding, editing is part of paid work if it is done as part of normal employment or as part of a work to a contract, whether or not a specific payment earmarked for editing Wikipedia is made.)


 * The draft you have posted is unambiguously promotional, and therefore unacceptable as an article.


 * I did, however, correctly post the information about Wikipedia's username policy, but you have ignored that information, and continued to edit under your current user name. I have therefore blocked this account from editing. If you are interested in making useful contributions other than promotion on behalf of your business, you may request an unblock. To do so, first read the guide to appealing blocks, and then post the text at the bottom of this page, replacing the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use, and "Your reason here" with an explanation of why you think unblocking your account will benefit the project. 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 kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.


 * Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use. Therefore, please check the list here to see if a name is taken before requesting a change of name. If you type a user name which is already in use into the box and click the button, information about that account will be provided. If the username is not yet in use, you will see a red message saying "There is no global account for [whatever name you put in]". JBW (talk) 20:10, 2 July 2021 (UTC)