User talk:Duncan.conduit

April 2024
Hello Duncan.conduit. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Pret a Manger, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Duncan.conduit. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. ''Also please click on WP:DISCLOSE, read and follow the instructions. Many thanks!''  ——Serial Number 54129  17:25, 17 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello Serial Number 54129,
 * Thank you for your message and for your work to preserve integrity of Wikipedia. I would like to clarify that I do not have any financial interest or undisclosed financial stake in promoting any topic, including Pret a Manger. My edits are not compensated by any party and are made purely out of a personal interest to contribute accurate and helpful information to the Wikipedia community.
 * My intention has been to ensure that the information provided is as accurate and accessible as possible for users. I appreciate your vigilance in upholding Wikipedia's standards, and I understand the importance of transparent editing practices. I assure you that my contributions are made in good faith and within the guidelines of Wikipedia's ethical standards.
 * I will continue to adhere to Wikipedia's policies. If there are any specific concerns regarding my edits, I am more than willing to discuss them further to ensure compliance with all necessary standards.
 * Thank you for your understanding.
 * Best regards,
 * Duncan.conduit Duncan.conduit (talk) 17:34, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:A&O Sherman.svg
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Orphaned non-free image File:A&#38;O Sherman.svg
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