User talk:Blyons71

June 2020
Hello, Blyons71. 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:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.  Spencer T• C 21:03, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

The page you are referring to is a profile page. If we are not supposed to place information about our own person, what is that page for? I added the content to that page and linked only to Wikipedia pages for a sample of companies that I do work for to ensure there was transparency to that fact if I needed to correct outdated information. I can list them without links but I thought we were supposed to link into Wikipedia articles?

I will review other profile pages, but I thought this was the place to make sure any company affiliations I may have are made transparent to the community. Blyons71 (talk) 04:41, 20 June 2020 (UTC)BLyons71

Just a note...I am a brand protection consultant. What I do is find information that is inaccurate about a company and regardless of where it resides I work with my client to correct that information. Someone that has no association with a business is not likely going to update inaccurate information about a business. That is why I find so much outdated content on Wikipedia on business pages. This information displays on websites outside of Wikipedia and inaccurate information impacts the business. Only individuals that are associated with the business are going to update the information. I thought accurate information was a goal of Wikipedia. If you want accurate information about a business...the credible source is someone that works with that business. No one is going to update Dr. Scholl's page to reflect the fact that they have been under new ownership for quite some time, that they are no longer in the footwear business they sell foot care products and do so only in US and Canada. It is not going to happen. Making those updates are not advertising, it is responsibly making sure websites are not publishing inaccurate information in locations such as Google or directly on Wikipedia. Blyons71 (talk) 04:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)BLyons71