User talk:Crimestoppersmedia

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 * Hello!
 * Thank you so much for your really useful email and links. As I am Head of Communications and Marketing for CrimestoppersUK I am updating the page to correct the many factual inaccuracies of information and out of date information within the page which I do want to update with the relevant references. I do note your comments on user names and I will amend this to myself.
 * I will in future request that any amends are reviewed before submission.
 * One immediate question is that in terms of references can I cite information from our website as a source? Or do I need to cross reference within wikipedia?
 * I also wanted to update the Fearless website as this is now part of the Crimestoppers website - Fearless is the youth project of Crimestoppers aimed at under 18's.
 * What I also want to include is that Crimestoppers UK is an independent charity - and anyone who provides us with information does so anonymously. We do not trace calls or IP addresses - this information is not clear within the current page.
 * Best regards,
 * Julia Crimestoppersmedia (talk) 09:55, 29 August 2023 (UTC)


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August 2023
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