User talk:Bobtrate

Bobtrate, you are invited to the Teahouse!
Thank you for the invite. I simply updating my companies awards, official links, and articles to or various news references. I was unaware that I could link our various page on the Wikipedia page.

Welcome!
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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Neo-Pangea, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. Nat Gertler (talk) 17:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey Nat, I'm sorry for the confusion. What was the conflict of interest here? I am simply linking to our company's various pages and social media links. I only re-posted them as I thought I had deleted them. I am new to the WP editing. As for our awards, we can't source them all because many of the links we have from our news page are dead. I am attempting to link as many as possible today. We are only trying to update our company profile. Bobtrate (talk) 17:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * That is a conflict of interest itself, you are editing things related to a company you are employed at, which is basically the definition of WP:COI. --allthefoxes (Talk) 18:10, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * So a stranger/ non-employee could state we have Han Solo in carbonite in our office and that would okay? True or not. Bobtrate (talk) 18:18, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * No, that would likely be reverted due to lack of sourcing, the same problem as the various promotional bits that you are inserting into the article. If you need a website to promote your awards and such, there are plenty of places where your information is meant to be under your control, like LinkedIn, Facebook, and even your own website. --Nat Gertler (talk) 18:38, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I will research your policies on COI to update the page further. 173.163.178.65 (talk) 18:35, 22 March 2016 (UTC)