User talk:Vancouver Police Department

April 2014
Hello, Vancouver Police Department. 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 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.

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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. Katieh5584 (talk) 21:08, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Vancouver Police Department. 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 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot, 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.
 * 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. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  02:07, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hello. Does this account officially represent the Vancouver Police Department? Thanks, The Interior  (Talk) 21:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, it does. Do you need verification of some kind? I am new to Wikipedia.
 * No. We need you to shut it down as it's against Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. The fact that the stats that are being added conflict with reliable sources and no new sources are offered is also a problem. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:51, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * No, that is not needed. There are a couple wiki rules that apply here, though.  First, accounts are only supposed to represent individuals, not organizations.  So here is a link to get your account renamed.  The second one, and this one is a bit more important, is that we have fairly strict conflict-of interest guidelines.  For instance, a VPD employee really shouldn't be editing about the VPD. (I'm a VPL employee, so I avoid the VPL article, even though it needs some work!) You are welcome, as a VPD representative, to post to a talk page (look at the top left tabs above the article for "Talk") listing concerns or additions you feel are appropriate, but making changes relating to the VPD yourself is frowned upon.  The Interior  (Talk) 22:00, 25 April 2014 (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. It also appears that your account is intended to be used for the purpose of telling the world about an organization, person or cause that you consider worthwhile. Unfortunately, many good causes are not sufficiently notable for their own Wikipedia article, and all users are discouraged from editing in any area where they have an inherent conflict of interest. You may wish to consider one of these alternative outlets. 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. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  02:06, 26 April 2014 (UTC)