User talk:Bbutterfield

Hello Bbutterfield. 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 InvestUS, 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 following 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 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.

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. Total-MAdMaN (talk) 10:41, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

InvestUS (PIP UK Limited)
Hi, Ben, thanks for email. I deleted your recent article for a number of reasons.
 * It did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines.  Although you had some references (note that YouTube is not a reliable source incidentally), they all applied to the sponsorship of Tyson Fury and The Spirit of London Awards, not to the company itself.
 * More importantly, it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. There was almost nothing about the company itself (employees, turnover, profit, overseas or other UK branches, history other that creators), it was just telling us about what you sell. Examples of unsourced claims which are promotional in tone include: ethical investments... reliable, trustworthy investments... totally clear and honest approach... exclusive... unique route...

There is nothing at present to stop you recreating a new version of the article, but unless the problems are addressed, which may be difficult for someone working for the company, it will be deleted again.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:53, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. Thank you for declaring your interest. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your organisation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage of the topic in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.


 * Although you are free to edit your own user page so you can tell us about you, it should not be abused by using it to advertise your company. I've removed some of the spam.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:57, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I had a look at the two companies you mentioned in your email. I've deleted Harlequin as spam, but Investec seemed viable after I removed one word. While I understand that you modelled you article on existing pages, that's no guarantee of quality. Better to look at companies classed as Good or Featured articles] [[User:Jimfbleak| Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:23, 28 March 2012 (UTC)