User talk:Co2201

Outdoor Capital of the UK
Hi. Please stop adding marketing material to the lead section of articles about places in Lochaber. Do you have a connection to the company "Outdoor Capital of the UK"? Drchriswilliams (talk) 21:45, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

This isn't marketing material, the outdoor capital of the UK, Lochaber is a non profit destination organisation supported by the Highland council, Visit Scotland and HIE to bring the tourists to the area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Co2201 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 14 April 2017 (UTC)


 * If the aim of the sources is to bring tourists to the area, then they are not neutral in this regard. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:55, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

The aim is from a government level, an example of this on Wikipedia would be road to the isles, that is the name of a nearby region, Road to the isles also a non profit group that represents an area and is the way tourism is referenced to by government and funding agencies, the aim is to give Lochaber a collective name to the outside world there is no profit incentive in this. By that logic I assume that tourism bodies can't be on wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Co2201 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It describes things that do exist. Naming new things is not part of its purpose. Also, your edits show unencyclopedic writing style. Please familiarize yourself with how wikipedia works, what it is and what it isn't. MikeTango (talk) 22:07, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Eh? I'm quite aware of that "Outdoor Capital of the UK" is an organisation that intends to promote places in Lochaber . That doesn't explain your repeated insertion of "this region is known as the Outdoor Capital of the UK, Lochaber" into the lead section of several articles, despite other editors challenging this. Do you have a connection with the organisation (or any other "tourism body")? Drchriswilliams (talk) 22:08, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

No I do not have a connectionCo2201 (talk) 22:25, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding to that. Wikipedia relies upon any claims being verifiable, so for an article to contain text saying that a place "is known as" would normally require that a reliable source is found to corroborate this. The sources you have provided only appear to confirm that various places "are promoted as". Drchriswilliams (talk) 22:42, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * And even if a reliable secondary source that refers to this designation is found, such a statement would only be suitable for inclusion in the Lochaber article, not all the articles about every hill or loch within Lochaber. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:51, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2017
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you.MikeTango (talk) 21:54, 14 April 2017 (UTC)