User talk:Lsimmonsstudio

Welcome!

Hello, Lsimmonsstudio, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 16:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Laurie Simmons, 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 your organization or its competitors; and
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia: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. —C.Fred (talk) 16:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

• Additionally, because it is your conflict of interest that led to the {{COI}} tag being placed on the Laurie Simmons article, you may not remove that tag from the article. Wait for independent editors to assess that your edits have not compromised the neutrality of the article, and one of them will remove the tag, if warranted. —C.Fred (talk) 17:14, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Please stop making WP:COI edits

Please stop making WP:COI edits to the Laurie Simmons page. If you continue to do so, I will open a discussion regarding you on the COI notice board, and if you do not desist at that point, I will take you to the AN/I board and begin proceedings to have you blocked. You should be aware that every edit you are making to the article is being tracked by the COIBOT, and that continued COI abuse by you will draw the attention of more and more editors. Qworty (talk) 19:04, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:SPA account

Please be aware that you have been identified as a WP:SPA account whose purpose is to create WP:SPAM through the Laurie Simmons article. Please review the WP:COI, WP:SPA, and WP:SPAM policies, and desist at once from making further promotional edits to the article. Also familiarize yourself with WP:RS so that you can begin to get some idea of what does and does not constitute a reliable source for WP purposes. You should also become aware of WP:UNDUE. Finally, if you are Ms. Simmons herself, WP:AUTO will apply. Thank you. Qworty (talk) 19:13, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

• If you have suggestions on improvements to the article on Simmons, I would suggest proposing the matters on the article's talk page. For best results:

1. Go in small chunks. There might be 100 changes to be made to the article, but that will overwhelm other editors. Start with two or three key changes. (That's a large reason why Qworty reverted your changes today—they were so sweeping, it was hard to evaluate them all.)
2. Be concise. A two-page rationale and argument for a single change will trigger the "too long; didn't read" reaction in other editors and not get the change made. State clearly what change you want made and what rationale support the change, either policy or new sources.
3. Back new facts up with reliable sources. Simmons' date of birth is a prime example: unless it's published online where other editors can verify it, it shouldn't be in the article.
4. Be patient. The changes won't be reviewed immediately. If a day or two goes by and nobody has responded, then you can ask again. (You can also ask me, since I'm watching the page. If I've missed the proposal, leave a message at my talk page, and I'll take a look.)

Remember that accounts with a conflict of interest aren't necessarily prohibited from editing the articles they aren't independent of, but they do face a higher burden of providing reliable sources and maintaining neutral point-of-view—and are more likely to have borderline edits reverted. The guidelines that Qworty mentioned above are key, especially WP:RS. In your case, I would also look at WP:AUTO. —C.Fred (talk) 19:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended or used for publicity and/or promotional purposes. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, celebrity or other well-known individual, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements, and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but it is considered inappropriate for such groups to use Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

Probably not. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, or organization. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit again. Consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.

What can I do now?

You are still welcome to write about something other than your company or organization. If you do intend to make useful contributions on some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:

• Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} on your user talk 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 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, please see how to appeal a block.

--Orange Mike | Talk 20:21, 27 January 2011 (UTC)