User talk:Vistwiki

November 2011
Hello Vistwiki. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article VIST Financial, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to you, your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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. Theroadislong (talk) 21:56, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Theroadislong I am new to Wiki and was charged with revising the VIST FInancial Wiki. Can you give me specifics o as to what is unacceptable? I find the guidelines ambiguous and we are attempting to be neutral. Any help would be appreciated for this Noob. I would like to get these updates done right the first time. Thanks Vistwiki
 * I'm not saying your edits are unacceptable but you should exercise extreme caution editing about your own business. You say that "we are attempting to be neutral" user accounts are strictly for use by individuals not groups or businesses.Theroadislong (talk) 22:13, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

December 2011
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to VIST Financial, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. &mdash;&thinsp;Racconish&thinsp;Tk 05:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Vistwiki) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this :
 * 1) It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization or adding links to its website.
 * 2) Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is VIST Financial. Thank you. &mdash;&thinsp;Racconish&thinsp;Tk 05:45, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks you for your input. Concerning the above issues, 1) I understand about the external links and the implications they can mean for an institution. The links I places were in support of the community support or factual articles related to the finances of the institution. 2) I understand the username issue and will create a new one. VistwikiWelcome 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 you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  17:24, 7 December 2011 (UTC)