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Conflict of interest and username concerns

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Old Belvedere Cricket Club, and I noticed that your username, "OBCCOBCC", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 20:07, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

My apologies for not replying to this earlier. I am new to Wiki and only now understand how to use the talk facility. As you may have seen I did change the name as you suggested. I must however admit to a further transgression. I have been registered for some time with a user ID. When I started to work on the OBCC article, I created a second ID to deal with it. I was under the mistaken impression that it was the right thing to do. I now realise that just one ID is required to edit any article. Mea Culpa. GDMorgan (talk) 14:45, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Old Belvedere Cricket Club photos

Greetings! You've been adding a number of photos to the Old Belvedere Cricket Club article and claiming them as your own work. Have you really been taking photos of club members for going on 50 years? —C.Fred (talk) 14:17, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello Fred. OK, there's some (just some) poetic licence!! I started playing for the OBCC in 1953. I am now 75 years old so have been around the club since then. In the early years my father (George Morgan also) actually took photos for the club and I took up the family tradition. I would agree my finger was not always on the shutter (I am in some photos!!). We did however possess all the negatives. Unfortunately they are now lost and all that remains are scans of old framed photos together with scans from a handbook I produced in 1999 for the club 50th anniversary. I hope that this is reasonable and justifies my claim. GDMorgan (talk) 14:37, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Talk page posts

Hi GDMrogan. I noticed a few things about your talk page posts and have a few suggestions which you might want to try out. First thing I suggest is taking a glance at WP:TPG. Nothing that I've seen you post so far has been in violation of any policy or guideline so i'm not trying to worry you. It just helps to avoid problems if you know the basics.

The next thing I suggest is that you try and use indentation when you post. Indentation helps to maintain the flow of a discussion and make it easier for others to follow along. On certain noticeboards or in certain discussion, proper indentation is considered very important almost to the extent that not doing so is considered to be disruptive.

Finally, it might be a good idea to stop trying to use a line break before your signature or between paragraphs. Line breaks and indentation don't work well together when it comes to Wikipedia. So trying to combine the two can make your post look sort of zig-zaggy if you're not careful. Line breaks also create whitespace which can be seen as annoying by some, especially in really active threads with lots of people commenting. You can start a new paragraph by just clicking "enter" and then making sure to add the proper indentation level if necessary. Also, simple added you signature to the end of your post is considered perfectly fine. You don't need to add it on a separate line. Just a few suggestions. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:56, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Your attention needed at WP:CHU

Hello. A renamer or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:09, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Old Belvedere Cricket Club

Hi. I'm the editor who removed a lot of material from the article.

I didn't do so out of any spite or aggression. If you look at the article history you can see an explanation given with every edit I made. Generally speaking they fall into two categories:

1. WP:NPOV (please click through on these links - they're really important to understanding Wikipedia). Wikipedia can't speak in anything other than a neutral voice.
2. WP:NOT There are many things Wikipedia is not. It's not a fansite. It is an encyclopedia. If you wouldn't expect information - scores, lists of minor club officials, old photos, to be an encyclopedia, it shouldn't be in Wikipedia.

I'd be happy to discuss these things with you further. Wikipedia is not an easy place to get to grips with, but it is easier if you just remember it's an encyclopedia, not a free web host.

Cheers --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 07:09, 14 April 2016 (UTC)