User talk:Bmp17

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Bmp17, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Do You Need A High Risk Merchant Account for Your Online Business?, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! - Mr X 15:11, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015[edit]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. 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. NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:51, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to High Risk Merchant Account. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Bmp17, and the template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Bmp17|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:49, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Bmp17. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, its competitors, or projects and products you or they are involved with;
instead, propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:52, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of High Risk Merchant Account[edit]

The article High Risk Merchant Account has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:DICDEF

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. NeilN ^{talk to me} 00:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple accounts[edit]

I see that you have switched to using a second account, and used it to create a new copy of an article which you had been informed did not comply with Wikipedia standards. I don't know why you chose to use a second account, but all the messages you have received still apply, no matter what account you use. You should be careful, in case anyone may get the impression that use of a new account and use of a new title for the article were attempts to avoid detection of the fact that you were acting in ways you had been told were unacceptable: use of multiple accounts for deceptive purposes, known as "sockpuppetry", is considered unacceptable. Also, you should be aware that if you appear to be persistently editing in ways which are not in line with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, an administrator may block your accounts from editing, to prevent further disruption, and waste of time for editors who have to clean up. If you are blocked, that means that the privilege of being allowed to edit Wikipedia will be withdrawn, no matter what accounts you use. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:43, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on how to learn what is acceptable in Wikipedia[edit]

My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make (which you will, because we all do) will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:50, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]