User talk:Meningitis Research

Username and conflict of interest

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Meningitis Now, and I noticed that your username, "Meningitis Research", 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 "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username 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.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   14:04, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Apologies, I am new to this and trying to update this extremely out of date entry. Happy to amend to anything else, so will do that.

Edit warring and conflict of interest

Please do not add materials to Meningitis Now or revert changes made by others. You have a clear conflict of interest and yet you are persisting in making contentious edits despite that conflict. If you persist you risk being blocked from editing. If you wish to change the article please post your suggestions and requests on the article talk page and leave it to other editors to decide whether or not to add them to the article. Thanks  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   15:15, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Equally the changes you are making are incorrect. YOu shouldn't be making changes with no understanding of the subject and you clearly do not.

Not so. Many serious editors on Wikipedia have very extensive knowledge and it isn't usually prudent to make assertions like that. It is possible to find yourself arguing against one of the many internationally acknowledged experts in their field - which can be embarrassing.

In this case there at least two significant issues. One is the fact that you have a close connection with the subject and should not be editing the article at all - you already have the links to advice on COI editing above. Secondly an article about a charity should be about that charity and not the world problems it tries to remedy. Thus a meningitis charity article should talk about the charity and not about meningitis research and remedies in which it has played no part. Wikipedia does not offer an opportunity to promote or show-case your charity. I hope that this now makes sense. Regards.

Please also remember to sign your posts using four tildes.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   09:43, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

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