User talk:BookItRepThtr

Hi, I reverted your edit to Frankenstein, as it seemed to be mainly promoting your theater company. Please read the conflict of interest guidelines before making any more edits to Wikipedia. Tdslk (talk) 04:28, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know; I have read the conflict of interest guidelines. Is there any particular way in which I could say that Book-It has created adaptations of these books without breaking the rules? Perhaps if I didn't link to Book-It? Or re-phrased the statement to say something about how "[this book] was adapted for the stage by [so-and-so] in [year]"? I don't want to break any rules, but I am new to the editing side of Wikipedia, and I'm wanting to learn how best to use it.
BookItRepThtr (talk) 19:30, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being understanding about this. The most natural location for this sort of information would be on the Book-It Repertory Theatre page, and I see that it does have a list of all of Book-It's productions. If you wanted to include information about, e.g., Book-It's production of Frankenstein on the Frankenstein page, you should make a request on the talk page that another, neutral editor add the information about Book-It. To get it included, though, you would have to make a convincing argument that the production is relevant and notable enough to merit inclusion on the page. Tdslk (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

October 2015[edit]

Hello, BookItRepThtr. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Last but not least: All contributors must not contribute content that violates conflict of interest laws (just as all contributors must respect copyright). The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is valid throughout the European Union. In a German court decision in 2012 (that also relied on the directive) regarding Wikipedia: "The court held that when a company edits a Wikipedia article, the resulting text falsely creates the impression that the edit has no business-related purpose. By implication, the judges found that the average reader of Wikipedia articles expects to find objective and neutral information." That is a very very important condition, comparable to the FTC Guide" that consumers are likely to believe reflects the opinions, beliefs, findings, or experience of a party other than the sponsoring advertiser”. This expectation by consumers of neutral information on Wikipedia, requires that companies not write "their" WP articles for PR/marketing purposes.

Editors who are compensated for their contributions should make the disclosure by placing the {{connected contributor (paid)}} template at the top of the talk page of affected articles and filling in the parameters. They should also supply this information as part of a list on their user page of all their paid contributions.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. 2601:188:0:ABE6:9006:5689:9564:7AAE (talk) 19:13, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm 2601:188:0:ABE6:9006:5689:9564:7AAE. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. 2601:188:0:ABE6:9006:5689:9564:7AAE (talk) 19:13, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. 2601:188:0:ABE6:9006:5689:9564:7AAE (talk) 19:40, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. We appreciate that you have positive intentions in contributing to Wikipedia. However, you appear not to have followed the advice provided to you on multiple occasions. Spamming your links will not be tolerated here. ⁓ Hello 71 20:38, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing, because this account has been used only for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to Wikipedia policy. Frankly, it is amazing that you have been allowed to continue in this way for so long, without being blocked long ago. Also, your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation, which is also against policy. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a free advertising service. If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of this page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. 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.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:45, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

BookItRepThtr (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

PatriciaB_atBookItRepThtr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Hi there, apologies for not noting your cease and desist messages sooner. We have reviewed the conflict of interest and other wikipedia editing rules, and will ensure than everyone in our organization understands these rules. In future we will post suggestions on the talk pages so that another neutral user may add information about Book-It Repertory Theatre when appropriate. Thank you for your consideration.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. PhilKnight (talk) 22:09, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You will also need to propose a new username to contest this block, as we do not allow usernames which imply official use or sharing. I have converted your unblock request into an unblock-un request; please replace "Your proposed new username" above with an appropriate name. (Note that "<name> at BookItRepThtr" is an acceptable sort of name.) —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 20:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That username works. (Note that Wikipedia usernames do permit spaces; in fact a space and an underscore are the same thing as far as usernames are concerned.) —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 19:39, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]