User talk:An Arbitrary Leaf

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, An Arbitrary Leaf. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 15:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for concerns about my contribution. My edits were intended to update the article and expand it out of its present stub form. This to my mind requires a discussion of Ford's poetry. In reinstating some of this material I will avoid using language and sources that may be construed as unduly promotional. Thanks again. An Arbitrary Leaf (talk) 16:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Please answer directly: Are you associated with Mark Ford in some way? Can you explain the nature of that association? MrOllie (talk) 16:08, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I work on the New York School and its affiliates but am not associated with Mark Ford in a way should prevent me from adding relevant information to the page cited from external sources. An Arbitrary Leaf (talk) 14:20, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * not associated with Mark Ford in a way should prevent me from adding relevant information That sounds like there is some way that you are associated. Please be advised that the Wikipedia community typically does not split hairs on COI issues, if you're associated at all you should make suggestions on the article's associated talk page rather than editing the article directly. MrOllie (talk) 14:39, 17 April 2023 (UTC)