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Welcome!

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Ingleby Company, which 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.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:56, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Username policy violation

Moved from User:Mbe Ingleby

 – Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Ingleby Company, and I noticed that your username, "Mbe Ingleby", 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 username change 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. JT_dale^Talk~ 12:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

Moved from User:Mbe Ingleby

 – Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JTdale (talk • contribs) 18:31, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mbe Ingleby, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Ingleby Company has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
• Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:07, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia - how it works

Hi Mbe Ingleby - couple of things. FIrst, at the end of the day, most everything in Wikipedia happens by WP:CONSENSUS, which is our bedrock, foundational principle. We reach consensus by talking to one another, and you have not used a Talk page yet. Please do start talking with editors who have reached out to you.

Second, it is pretty clear from your behavior that you have a conflict of interest. Please do read WP:COI and follow what is there, including declaring any relationship you have, with the subjects you have been editing.

Finally, there are policies and guidelines that govern what we do here and how we interact. Editing Wikipedia is privilege, not a right, and editors who do not follow the policies and guidelines do end up losing their privileges. So please talk with us, take your time, learn and ask about the policies and guidelines, and follow them. Especially COI. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 13:00, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Great, you got your username changed. Thanks for complying with our username policy. Now... please start talking with us! Jytdog (talk) 12:06, 3 April 2015 (UTC)