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Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by heyzec! 13:44, 7 January 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, SMartin1234. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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.
- 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. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.
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. Theroadislong (talk) 21:45, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply Theroadislong; much appreciated. Please can you advise on how I might therefore resolve an issue. Previously, the company who I represent had a page Change Tracker, which was linked to from the page on File Integrity Monitoring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_integrity_monitoring. The page content was however deleted because it was deemed too promotional https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Change_Tracker%E2%84%A2&action=edit&redlink=1. I am trying to get some very basic company information (non promotional) reinstated on the Change Tracker page, but am having real trouble.
One of my client's key competitors, Tripwire, also has a company page on Wikipedia, which is causing some confusion with my client as to why they can't get a reference live.
How can I resolve this? I would almost prefer to have the link to change tracker removed altogether and start from scratch if I can't get new content live on the change tracker page?
Thank you again in anticipation SMartin1234 (talk) 11:45, 9 January 2015 (UTC)