USGE33027

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Hello, USGE33027, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Promotional content is inappropriate

I have reverted your addition of promotional content, written in the first person (i.e. in Wikipedia's voice), from this article. It is imperative that you review WP:COI and WP:NOTPROMO before you continue editing, and follow the directions and guidelines set forth there. Wikipedia is not a promotional medium, and it is not concerned with what an entity has to say about itself--only what neutral, third-party, reliable sources have published regarding the entity. If you believe I am incorrect, I urge you to ask the editors at WP:TEAHOUSE for a second opinion. Thank you for attending to these issues. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:00, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

May 2017

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to U.S. Gas and Electric. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 20:05, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

USGE33027, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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Mandatory paid editing disclosure

Hello USGE33027. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a black hat practice.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.
Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:USGE33027. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=USGE33027|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:39, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by — Gestrid (talk) 14:09, 6 May 2017 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

May 2017

There have been two problems identified with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia; and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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 your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth 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}} at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Orange Mike | Talk 14:18, 6 May 2017 (UTC)