JoeHoeffel

March 2010

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Joe Hoeffel‎, 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:

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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. BelovedFreak 21:43, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, JoeHoeffel, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because if you are using a real name, it must not be someone else's name - see WP:REALNAME.. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. ukexpat (talk) 21:04, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of interest: Joe Hoeffel

Hello, Welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for trying to improve Hoeffel's article, but I have to warn you that it is strongly advised that you don't directly edit the article since you work for his campaign. Wikipedia encourages this because it is very hard for a person in your position to edit Hoeffel's article from a neutral point of view, which is one of Wikipedia's core content policies. In addition to this, your candidate might even receive negative press if word got out that his article was being edited by his campaign (this has happened in the past). If you want to contribute to the article, I would encourage you to start a new section on the article's talk page and place {{Request edit}} at the top of the section and then explain exactly what you want changed to the article (and provide sources if any are needed). If your edit is acceptible a neutral editor will make the change to the article for you. Please look over our conflict of interest guidelines for more information about editing with a conflict of interest. Thanks, ThemFromSpace 21:31, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I also replied to your question at the requests for feedback page. ThemFromSpace 21:46, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

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Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

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

Probably not. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organization 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.

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If you believe this block was made in error, please see how to appeal a block.

--Orange Mike | Talk 16:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC)