User talk:Alnwicktourism

Conflict of Interest
Can I remind you of Wikipedia's guidelines on Conflict of Interest. In the case of this edit of yours, you managed to insert a second link for visitalnwick.org.uk whilst (presumably deliberately) removing a competing website. That sort of thing does not serve the interests of Wikipedia's readers. I'd be obliged if you'd not do it again. --Tagishsimon (talk) 10:51, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

==No Conflict of Interest++ Dear Simon,I need no reminder! The minor edit that I carried out was to put right an incorrect entry. The entry indicated that this was the official wwebsite for Alnwick, in fact it belonged to a private business called Northumberland Tourism whereas the link I created was for visitalnwick.org.uk which is the website of the Alnwick Tourism Association. This 'belongs' to all of the represented businesses in Alnwick. I would appreciate you putting back the link or I will re-edit the page the correct your error. Please do not send me messages as if you were the 'owner' of the page!Alnwicktourism (talk) 23:06, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It is inescapable that in the matter of links to Alnwick tourism sites, you have a conflict of interest. Despite your protest, the evidence shows that you added a second (and hence redundant) link to your own website and removed a link to a competing website. The current situation (Alnwick) is that there are links to both websites, and both have more appropriate anchor text, neither making the claim to an "official" status. See WP:PEACOCK. I have no plans to "put back" a link which is already there. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear Simon, thank you for removing the second link to Visit Northumberland. In relation to your amendment regarding Alnwick Tourist Information - Northumberland County Council this is incorrect as VisitNorthumberland belongs to a private business - Northumberland Tourism. As you will note via Google www.visitalnwick.org.uk is the "Official Tourism website" for Alnwick, perhaps you might like to reflect this in a new amendment, you may amend the text adjacent to Visit Alnwick to reflect this. I do not wish to fall out over this, but do wish the information on the page to be accurate. The link to Visit Northumberland should in fairness relate to Tourist information for Northumberland. Thanks.Alnwicktourism (talk) 08:27, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I've reworded the Northumberland tourist information link. Let me know if you think the wording for both links is now appropriate. I'm not inclined to budge on the word official - I think it has no place in any of the links. thanks. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:09, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

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