User talk:Vista Hill

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Hello, Vista Hill, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was User:Vista Hill/sandbox, 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'm the leader of the band Vista Hill. What should my user name be if I want to explain about the band? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vista Hill (talk • contribs)
 * We aren't interested in having you do that. To understand why, read WP:COI, WP:PAID, WP:PROMO, and WP:USERNAME. --Yamla (talk) 21:18, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

How then can I accomplish what I'm looking to do without compromising your guidelines. Can I hire someone to write up a page. Please advise. I didn't realize this would be that difficult. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vista Hill (talk • contribs)
 * You cannot achieve your goal. Hiring someone to write up a page would put them in violation of WP:COI, WP:PAID, and WP:PROMO as well as WP:SOCK and WP:EVADE. Wikipedia is not like other sites. WP:NOT has more information. Unlike other sites, this is an encyclopedia rather than a business directory or social network. Your actions would be entirely appropriate on other sites, but not here. This is nothing personal. I sincerely and honestly wish you the best of luck, and much success, with your band. At some point, an independent person, someone with no conflict of interest, someone not hired by you, may write an article on your band. That's how these things work around here (but again, not on other sites). --Yamla (talk) 22:01, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020
There have been two problems with this account: 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 or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing. Additionally, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must disclose who is paying you to edit.

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