CBCCommDir

June 2013

Hello, CBCCommDir. 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 Innovis, 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. --Drm310 (talk) 20:10, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

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Response to your inquiry

Hello. This is in response to your inquiry on my talk page. While editors with a conflict of interest are not forbidden to edit articles about subjects they represent, there are a few rules that you are expected to follow:

1. Your username is problematic, as it implies it represents a position with the company. This is referred to as a "role" account and implies shared use. Usernames must represent you alone as an individual - please request a change of username to correct this.
2. You must openly disclose your affiliation with the company on your user page and the article talk page. This is to reassure editors that you are acting in good faith.
3. You should read Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide and familiarize yourself with the core policies of notability, neutrality, no original research and verifiability by reliable, independent sources.
4. If there are factual errors, please provide reliable sources which verify the statements you wish to contribute. Third party sources are preferred over primary sources.

You will undoubtedly notice that many of those links will suggest limiting your contributions to suggesting changes on the article talk page for other disconnected editors to review. I advise that you do this for the short term to establish that you're editing in good faith, and not promoting the interests of your employer ahead of Wikipedia's. Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 06:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)