User talk:Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Payday loans in the United Kingdom
Assuming you are actually a representative of the 'Bureau of Investigative Journalism', you must surely understand that Wikipedia is written in the third-person and yet you have added some text to the lead section of Payday loans in the United Kingdom that speaks from your own first-person view in saying "The total turnover of the firms we examined was £1.4bn". Also, you created an external link to your own website within the main section of the article where you should have instead created a reference. -Lopifalko (talk) 18:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

June 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Bureau of Investigative Journalism", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website which relates to the entity in question, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or accounts that are shared. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our Conflict of interest guideline and Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. EricEnfermero Howdy! 14:11, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello, Bureau of Investigative Journalism. 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 Payday loans in the United Kingdom, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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. Dl2000 (talk) 01:32, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

July 2013
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 10:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC)