User talk:Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Hello, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited 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. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Dear Satsuro. Many thanks for getting in touch with us. I was unaware of those issues and I would welcome your help in resolving them. Obviously, we are happy to set up individual accounts rather than a corporate one. Our primary aim is to ensure the information about the Commission and the cemeteries and memorials we maintain. A good example of this is the entry on the Menin Gate which stated that it was built by the British Government. That is not the case, it wsa built by us! I would also like to see who we might add some value to the more "tourist" type information one sees on Wikipedia where we might add sites of interest eg Singapore - why not visit our war cemetery at Kranji. This is increasingly important with the forthcoming centenary of the Great War in 2014. I would welcome your advice on the ebst approach for this. Kindest regards Peter

Hi Peter, my name is Nick and I'm an administrator here at Wikipedia. We're delighted the Commonwealth War Graves Commission want to help us create some great articles to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great War, next year and over the following three years. We have an active military history project and they'll appreciate help and any assistance on source material you can provide.

With respect to your account, it would be good if you could register accounts for yourself (and others) perhaps in the format User:Joe Bloggs (CWGC) so people can see that you represent the CWGC and can contact you (if that's OK).

What I would suggest we do with this account is use it as a way to contact the CWGC, perhaps add some information on the user page and a link to your website. You won't be able to edit with the account but it could also be used by Wikipedia editors to send e-mails to you, if you so wish. If you don't want to do this, we can disable e-mail access and the account stays as it is today.

If you need further help, please don't hesitate to ask us. Nick (talk) 18:39, 10 December 2013 (UTC)