User talk:Gareth Long

June 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Anglia Ruskin University. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 09:23, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Gareth Long. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Anglia Ruskin University, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 09:25, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Please could you advise which elements in particular need revising before this item can go live? Is it the external links that are the problem, or the references to the Guardian League Tables? I have tried to follow the tone of the other people that have edited this page, and used only factual rather than marketing information.Gareth Long (talk) 09:41, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It was mainly the multiple use of in line external links. Just looks like you are promoting and marketing the university rather than writing an article based on reliable third party sources.Theroadislong (talk) 09:49, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll remove all external links and try again.Gareth Long (talk) 09:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC)