User talk:Charliewez

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Mike Berners-Lee, 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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 * All your edits so far have been to the same article, and you have added unsourced information such as his date of birth, which suggests that you might be MB-L's friend, family member, colleague or some other connection. Wikipedia has a Conflict of Interest policy which means that if you have such a connection you should generally not edit the article. Pam  D  18:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @PamD and thanks for your message, your welcome, and the helpful info that you posted.
 * I do have a working connection to Mike Berners-Lee, and I take it as my responsibility for not researching Wikipedia's rules on conflict of interest, which after reading them of course make total sense to ensure impartiality and accuracy of pages.
 * I have tried to add citations and references to third party sources, but I see now that I should have made all my edits as a draft or suggestions and asked another Wiki editor to proofread and then publish.
 * My apologies for not researching the Wikipedia editing rules properly. And thank you for your time in checking over the edits that I have made.
 * Charliewez (talk) 08:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)