User talk:Colinbuttimer

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Central Saint Martins, 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.

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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) 20:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hi! I see that the message I left you above was not sufficiently clear (and indeed, it's supposed to be a welcome, not a deterrent). However, you do appear to have an obvious conflict of interest at the Central Saint Martins page. Conflict-of-interest editors are strongly discouraged from editing the article directly, but are always welcome to propose changes on the talk page (i.e., Talk:Central Saint Martins). You can attract the attention of other editors by putting {{request edit}} (exactly so, with the curly parentheses) at the beginning of your request, or by clicking the request corrections or suggest content link on the lowest yellow notice on that page. Requests that are not supported by independent reliable sources are unlikely to be accepted.

Please also note that our Terms of Use state that "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." An editor who contributes as part of his or her paid employment is required to disclose that fact. In other words, if you are receiving, or expect to receive, monetary or other benefits or considerations from editing Wikipedia as a representative of an organization (as an employee or contractor; as an employee or contractor of a firm hired by that organization for public-relations purposes; as owner, officer or other stakeholder; or by having some other form of close financial relationship with a topic you wish to write about), then you are very strongly discouraged from directly editing Wikipedia in areas where those external relationships could reasonably be said to undermine your ability to remain neutral. If you have a financial connection to a topic – including, but not limited to, as an owner, employee, contractor or other stakeholder – you are advised to refrain from editing affected articles directly.

You should provide full disclosure of your connection when using talkpages, making edit requests, and the like. Requested edits are subject to the same editorial standards as any other edit, and other editors may decline to act on them. That's the long version; the short version is: please use the talk page to request changes rather than making them yourself. If you have questions and ask them here, I should see that you have done so. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:23, 11 September 2015 (UTC)