User talk:BBLean

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Conflict of Interest

Hello, BBLean. 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 Delhaize Group, 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. 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. --Lemnaminor (talk) 19:51, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, BBLean. You have new messages at Stesmo's talk page.
Message added 01:22, 30 October 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I have spent a day trying to determine how and on which page to disclose COI on a page I edited - Delhaize Group. I hope this is the right place. If not, please let me know how to proceed. It was unintentional, and I will revoke any edits I made if that is necessary. However, that would mean reverting to outdated, and in come cases, erroneous information on the page. I made changes that updated financial and other information about my company with the latest information from our annual report and public website. Everything I added was already available publicly, and was cited as such. Mea culpa from this new Wikiepedia editor. Criticisms noted; lessons learned.

Hey BBLean! According to the terms of use there are three places where you could possibly disclose your COI:

1. at your own user page
2. at the talk page of articles you edit where you have a COI
3. in the edit summary of each edit where you have a COI

The most practical is probably your own user page, but it is empty for now. You can create it as follows: click this red link and put your disclosure there. You could put the following code on top of your notice: {{user disclosure}}, which will produce a box like this:

For what it's worth, I don't see any problems with your edits so far. Just be open about your employer in the future and thank you for the updates to Delhaize Group. --Lemnaminor (talk) 17:22, 30 October 2014 (UTC)