User talk:A. Waibel, IFAC Communications

Welcome!

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– Fayenatic London 18:26, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Hello, A. Waibel, IFAC Communications. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Forum of Firms, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:51, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Orange Mike, I am new to contributing to Wikipedia so didn't realize that there could be a potential conflict of interest. I do work for IFAC. Someone recently brought to my attention that the Forum of Firms page is outdated. I just wanted to update it and add to the material so that the page is a little more robust and current. The membership list is very out of date. I was also going to add citations and external links since this message appears at the top of the page: This article needs additional citations for verification.

Can I submit the changes somewhere for review? Or is there a way for me to get permission to edit the page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_of_Firms

I intend to include factual, unbiased information only.

Thanks, A. Waibel, IFAC Communications (talk) 18:20, 25 June 2013 (UTC)A. Waibel, IFAC Communications[reply]

Thank you for being open about your interest. If there are published sources which provide information that you think should be added to the article, especially if they are available online without subscription, please provide a link on the article's talk page Talk:Forum of Firms with an indication of the content that should be added or updated.

I recognise that your edits were in good faith, and hope that the above warning does not put you off contributing again. – Fayenatic London 18:21, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Fayenatic's advice is solid, as usual. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:23, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because it appears to be mainly intended for publicity and/or promotional purposes. If you intend to edit constructively in other topic areas, you may be granted the right to continue under a change of username. Please read the following carefully.

Why can't I edit Wikipedia?

Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.

Am I allowed to make these edits if I change my username?

Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.

What can I do now?

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Add the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} on your user talk page.
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Daniel Case (talk) 03:34, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]