Bear2002

Sockpuppet investigation

Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Brooksidetheatre, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

–Davey2010^Talk 15:38, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Bear2002, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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A couple other points though:

• Wikipedia policies on conflicts of interest and using Wikipedia for promotion do not make any distinction between for profit and non-profit entities. Your underying motivation is not relevant, what is important is that all material be presented from a neutral point of view and be properly verified by relaible sources.
• So, with that in mind, I think you can see why phrases like "has grown from strength to strength" and "has won over the hearts of the community" might be viewed as not exactly in the neutral voice expected from an encyclopedia.
• On the other hand I wouldn't worry at all about the sockpuppet investigation, it's clear enought hat you realized that your old username was against our policies and you abandonded it in favor of a name that better fits with our standards. I've commented to that effect at the investigation and I fully expect it to be closed without any action.

Hope that helps, if you have any questions about anything please don't hesitate to ask. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:22, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm not all that familiar with SPI so perhaps I was wrong to drag you there, It does look like you simply wanna edit here constructively and so I apologize for dragging you there,

Anyway same goes for me - If you need any help just ask, Anyway happy editing :) –Davey2010^Talk 17:41, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi Beeblebrox thanks for the welcome and information. I hope to learn a lot more about Wikipedia from them and the correct way to use it. Just to mention though, the quotes "has grown from strength to strength" and "has won over the hearts of the community" are already on the brookside theatre page and have not been added by myself .. I was updating it with facts about the shows and dates etc. and adding some photos of the venue. Nothing more. Hopefully I can get this done now :) Don't worry Davey2010, no harm done just got to retype all the info which I will get on with tomorrow and hopefully it will be acceptable :) Thanks again Bear2002 (talk) 18:57, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello, Bear2002. 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 Brookside Theatre, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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. --Diannaa (talk) 01:23, 6 May 2015 (UTC)