User talk:SvanLeeuwen
December 2014
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Hello, SvanLeeuwen. 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 Injection moulding, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.
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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. SpinningSpark 10:45, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Spinningspark, thank you for your message. The links I added to add to pages on my employer's website, however; the pages consists of useful background information and do not lead to our commercial pages. I've added a disclosure to the injection moulding talk page.SvanLeeuwen (talk) 11:07, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- The fact is, that as a COI editor you are not capable of properly judging whether your edits are neutral, relevant, or encyclopaedic. You already had one link reverted, don't you think it would have been a good idea to stop and discuss the issue after that happened? COI editors are strongly recommended not to edit articles directly, but to restrict themselves to making suggestions on talk pages. There are good reasons for that, contributions from COI editors are frequently problematic and often lead to the editor being blocked altogether. Furthermore, your claim that the page does not lead to your commercial pages is transparently false. There are links to "get a quote" in the sidebar. SpinningSpark 14:20, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Spinningspark, OK, I take note of all you said. The guides were developed by our inejction moulding people here who have 40 of experience, but they may indeed be biased towards our moulding machines etc. The 'get a quote' in the sidebar on our site is not something I can do much about. I'll restrict my comments to the talk pages from now. SvanLeeuwen (talk) 09:29, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Spinningspark, thank you for your message. The links I added to add to pages on my employer's website, however; the pages consists of useful background information and do not lead to our commercial pages. I've added a disclosure to the injection moulding talk page.SvanLeeuwen (talk) 11:07, 23 December 2014 (UTC)