User talk:Edwardcbyersjr

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Kleuske (talk) 00:45, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Edwardcbyersjr", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it hasn't been confirmed per 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 ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Please read WP:REALNAME and confirm your identity. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Edwardcbyersjr. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018[edit]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Edward Byers. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 01:03, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You keep editing a page about me that is not correct. I am trying to fix it. I spend over an hour fixing everything. AKA It is me the page is about.

How Wikipedia works[edit]

Wikipedia isn't Facebook. That is, an article about you isn't your page. Think of the Encyclopedia Britannica. An article on Tom Brady (for example) would not be controlled and written by Tom Brady. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:08, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Then be better at your job and actually use the correct info. I dont have facebook btw.

Please read Wikipedia:Ownership of content, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, and Wikipedia:Autobiography. Also, your saying "I don't have facebook" completely misses the point NeilN made above: what services you may or may not have are irrelevant, you still do not own, or exercise editiorial control over, the article. If it's erronious, the correct procedure is to go to the article talk page, and start a section that explains what your concerns are with the article, and what you believe the correct way to fix the issues is. Other editors will then discuss the matter with you, and once a consensus is reached, other editors can make the changes that are agreed to be needed, to the article. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:13, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)In addition, as you claim to be the subject of the article and have named your account after yourself, you must contact WP:UTRS to confirm your identity, or request a change of username, as Wikipedia's policy on usernames does not allow for accounts to be named after notable living people unless they are confirmed as actually being that person. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:15, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We're all volunteers here - this isn't my "job". What in the article is incorrect? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018[edit]

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Edwardcbyersjr, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} on your user talk page, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Orange Mike | Talk 03:40, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]