User talk:BaronessFoster

Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest policy
Hello. If you are the actual Baroness Foster (as your username suggests), I implore you to read Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guidline. There is also a useful article called Plain and simple conflict of interest guide that you might find helpful. If you are Baroness Foster, you will know that there has been a lot of edit reversals on the Baroness Foster article due to conflict of interest issues. Seaweed (talk) 15:20, 15 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello Seaweed..I am aware of the many removals and I’m not sure what why nor where there’s any conflict of interests. Please tell my why ? . All information submitted from the initial set up of this page by Wiki and my Administrator or me regarding my job as an MEP is in the public domain, both in the Parliament archives as well as recorded in bona fide media outlets regarding my work on Committees & the subjects I specialise in. My question is why was it initially removed when it was there for many years ? My page was also vandalised in December inserting information that was intended to put me in a bad light. I have checked my former colleagues content which is often far more comprehensive than mine so cannot understand why this happened in the first place. I was an elected politician responsible for all Primary legislation on Transport for 15yrs specialising in the Aviation Industry and have been involved in numerous Conferences TV / Radio programs on Aviation as an expert speaker yet any reference to this was removed . I became a Dame Commander of the British Empire ( DBE)awarded by HMQueen for my work as a member of the European Parliament ..
 * 2004/2009 Head of European Affairs ASD is also recorded on a number of platforms .. There are videos posted not by me but many organisations yet for some reason I’m not allowed to include any context. Perhaps you would be good enough to let me have the details of what you think is incorrect in the content. I have been a great supporter of Wiki for many years so I’m sure you can understand my frustration.I look forward to your reply.
 * kind regards.. BaronessFoster (talk) 17:57, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I do sympathise with your position as it must be tricky for people in public life to deal with content on Wikipedia. However it must be remembered that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia designed to provide readers with notable and proportionate information about various topics. Regarding biographies, it isn't Who's Who. It's not everything a person has ever done. Of particular importance regarding biographies is conflict of interest. Essentially, a person shouldn't edit an article about themself. That's because one of the central pillars of Wikipedia is neutrality. So what is that person to do? The solution is for you is to add requests to the Jacqueline Foster talk page asking other editors to add information after those people have considered it. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers, so even though something might have been on a page for many years, that doesn't mean it's become acceptable due to the passage of time, it just means no one has edited it.


 * By the way, I'm just an average person with no particular aim on Wikipedia other than accuracy and adding references. I'm mostly interested in how articles are read by the general user, so I think concise articles are more useful than excessively detailed ones. If you find some time, I do recommend reading that "Plain and simple" guide that I've linked to above. It's actually quite useful and I think would answer many of your questions. Seaweed (talk) 19:28, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply and information.. BaronessFoster (talk) 19:46, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

March 2024
Hello, I'm Johnnie Bob. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Jacqueline Foster, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You must provide a reliable source for this edit. Johnnie Bob (talk) 05:52, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, BaronessFoster. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Jacqueline Foster, 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 article subjects 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 edit COI template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see );
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see );
 * 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. Johnnie Bob (talk) 05:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much .Johnnie Bob . I didn’t really want to amend my content! About a year ago someone literally took half of the content out which had been written by Wiki ..Most was information which showed my work in the European Parliament where I was a legislator for 15 years and legislation which was important and beneficial to the public ..it was basically stripped back.. so I tried to reintroduce some but it kept being removed.. I’d also included committee/ groups I’m involved in in the Lords .. all of that information was taken out ..In November someone who I know .. for polical reasons then tried to show me in a bad light !I got that removed.. And managed to put some bits back in ! Everything is on the public record and in the European Parliament archives etc so I’m not trying to make anything up..
 * Following my experience yesterday on X …people who worked on wiki were urged to get on to my page .. You can see the changes and personal info on my parents who I’ve never named on here. As for the legal case .. I never accused her of antisemitism..Legally I said she had chosen an antisemitic mascot ! It is a complicated situation and I accept it is in the public domain but it should be accurate and not solely reliant on a news report..Anyway .. thank you for your interest and allowing me to explain.. I will leave with you.. I have long admired the work you do and tried to support the organisation. Kind regards Baroness Foster .. BaronessFoster (talk) 14:14, 7 March 2024 (UTC)