User talk:AllsortsYouthProjectUK

Responding to your previous message re: updating the Allsorts Youth Project page. The reasoning behind the updates is that I work for Allsorts Youth Project and the information the page was outdated and/or inaccurate

July 2022
Hello, I'm Hey man im josh. I noticed that in this edit to Allsorts Youth Project, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:52, 4 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi there, thank you. The reasoning behind the updates is that I work for Allsorts Youth Project and the information on the page was outdated and/or inaccurate AllsortsYouthProjectUK (talk) 12:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "AllsortsYouthProjectUK", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because It implies it may be used by a group and not a individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. User3749 (talk) 11:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Obviously if information is inaccurate or out of date it should be corrected, and obviously someone involved in an organisation is likely to be well placed to know what changes are needed. Unfortunately, however, experience over the years is that such people involved in an organisation far more often than not introduce material which looks promotional, rather than being written from a neutral point of view. In some cases this is done deliberately, with the intention of using Wikipedia as an advertising service, but very often it is done unintentionally, by people who sincerely intend to edit neutrally, but, because of their close involvement in the topic they are writing about, find it difficult to stand back, and see how their writing will look from the detached perspective of an outsider. Largely because of those problems, Wikipedia has a guideline on "conflict of interest", which discourages editing of articles by people with that kind of personal involvement in their subjects. Instead, it encourages proposing suitable changes to the relevant article, for a neutral, independent, editor to review, and to make the changes if doing so seems appropriate. You should certainly read that guideline before doing any more editing about your project.


 * Another important point is that Wikipedia policy requires information to be supported by references to reliable sources so that the information can be verified. It may seem natural that the say-so of someone involved in an organisation is enough verification, but it isn't, for several reasons, including the fact that people involved in an organisation sometimes wish to promote an image which is different from reality, the fact that even people closely involved sometimes post statements on the basis of their own guesses or mistaken beliefs, and the very simple fact that some people lie, claiming to be someone who they aren't. I am not saying that I think any of those things applies to you: I am just trying to give a brief indication of some of the reasons why Wikipedia policy on this matter is that citations to reliable sources are needed, rather than just accepting the word of anyone who creates a Wikipedia account and then claims to have inside knowledge. JBW (talk) 12:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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