PLHMad

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

I notice that one of the first articles you edited 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 reverted for this very reason.

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December 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (HLCMad) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

1. It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
2. Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations.The article in question is Hyland Language Centre. Thank you.

jsfouche ☽☾Talk 16:02, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest

{{helpme}} How (and where) can I declare conflict of interest? For my first edit I have chosen the company I work for (for almost 20 years!) and have tried to make the article as neutral as possible. I have already requested a change of user name (I had chosen one that looked as if it represented the company). — Preceding unsigned comment added by HLCMad (talk • contribs) 08:49, 13 December 2010

You just declared that you have a conflict of interest, it wouldn't hurt to also put the statement on the talk page of the article where you are editing. ~~ GB fan ~~ 09:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest - Jsfouche

Hi Jsfouche
Thanks for your comments about COI. Since it's my first contribution I didn't realise that I could ask you directly (still feeling my way around!) and posted question on the help page AND my user page. Sorry! I have already requested a change of user name to avoid confusion (it's only me).
I've also added a COI statement on my user page (I've been working for this company for the last 20 years and thought that it would be a good place to start!) and on the Discussion page of Hyland Language Centre. Do you think the page is neutral enough? I've tried my best!
I'd like to try me hand at creating a Spanish version of this page before starting on others but do you think that this realy would be COI and I should wait to see if someone else creates it?
Many thanks
(Now I think I've answered on both your page and mine!) HLCMad (talk) 10:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Hyland Language Centre for deletion

The article Hyland Language Centre is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hyland Language Centre until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)