User talk:Claireg800

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Oliver Goldsmith (company), 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Mabalu (talk) 11:23, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Ok well I've just re read It and it looks like you have kept the factual accuracy I added. If it stays the way it is then that is great because honestly the way it was written before was factually incorrect.

If we want any further edits in the future should we just email them to you on this link? We have lots of other visual material that could be nice to add to it? Not in a promotional way but more in a historic way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.228.97 (talk) 11:45, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Oliver Goldsmith
Hello Claireg800, It does seem pretty explicit that you are affilated with the Goldsmith company, if not actually Claire herself. If so, this naturally does give you an unique insight into the company, but it also means that your edits to the article are problematic as they are unsourced and some edits are also in a promotional style which 'big up' the company - Wikipedia is not an advertising platform. When editing Wikipedia, all information should be sourced by reference to reliable, published third-party sources where possible, and edits should preferably be by unaffiliated editors. I've made some edits accordingly to tone down the problems. Mabalu (talk) 11:38, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, your edits are a little confusing because if according to you, Claire is managing the sunglasses line and A. Oliver the eyewear, why is it "Claire Goldsmith Eyewear and Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses"? That doesn't make sense, and does cast doubt on your legitimacy. Mabalu (talk) 11:58, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Its a little complex hence my attempt to clarify in the edit. My father and my uncle split up in 1985. My uncle continued the optical side of the brand under licence. My father did not continue with the sun side of the brand. It lay dormant. I re-launched the sun side in 2005 selling my first collection in 2006 and then in 2008 I launched my own brand of optical frames. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.228.97 (talk) 12:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Oh and "eyewear" is a term that relates to both optical and sunglasses - they are eyewear.
 * That is helpful, thank you. If you wish to make any edits to the article, please request them on Talk:Oliver Goldsmith (company) so that an unaffiliated editor (probably me at this point, but hopefully others will also watch the article) can cast an eye over them and make sure that they can be added in without it coming across as promotion or affecting the neutrality of the article. Also, if you can direct us to third-party sourcing that clarifies the requested edits, but is not a press release or non-editorial source, that would be very useful to help validate the requested edits. The Wikipedia policy on neutral tone can be read here, and the conflict of interest policy here. I hope that's acceptable and understandable. Again, thank you so much for editing and for explaining. Mabalu (talk) 13:25, 21 July 2017 (UTC)