I notice that you have edited an article where an editorial conflict of interest might be perceived to exist. I thought I'd leave you a note to explain how such matters work on Wikipedia, in order that you may familiarize yourself with appropriate policies.
- 1. General content policies
- All articles on Wikipedia are expected to be neutrally written without copyright violations, meet our general inclusion criteria, and cover subjects that are notable in their own right.
- The facts needed to support these should be independently verifiable by anybody, from multiple reliable independent sources that cover the subject, in a manner and degree that supports the claim of notability.
- In addition, the article must include all significant views, including both positive and negative, and must not include personal views of editors or ascribed to "others", or other novel information, unless these are also independently verifiable from reliable sources.
- 2. Editing of articles by closely connected individuals
In keeping with Wikipedia's policy of neutrality, the following broad policies apply where a conflict of interest may be perceived:
- 1. Editors who may have (or be perceived as having) a close connection with a subject are recommended to disclose this, and should take great care not to edit in a manner that may be perceived as controversial, promotional or agenda-driven.
- 2. Editors proposing to write about themselves, their own organizations, or matters they have very close ties to, are strongly advised not to edit or create such articles at all (except for certain non-controversial edits) but to instead use the talk page to request help from neutral editors.
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you should exercise great caution to ensure you do not create articles, add links (see spam link policy), or edit text, in a manner that may be perceived as influenced by a conflict of interest. In many cases editors are strongly advised to completely avoid editing on such articles, due to the questions it raises and the conflict that arises when personal wishes run headlong into policy enforcement.If you do feel an article should exist, please request one, let others write it, and limit your own input to providing information, links and other useful input on the discussion page. If you have already created it, please allow others to apply policy to it without disruption, and limit your role to discussion where possible.
You might also find it helpful to read the page on 'conflict of interest' editing, especially noting the cautionary note "Consequences of ignoring this guideline", and (for articles on yourself) the guideline on autobiographies will also apply.
- 3. Further information
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- For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest related to your business, please see Wikipedia:Business' FAQ.
- For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest.
If you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact me via my talk page.
Thank you!
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