User talk:IanMacholl

August 2011
Hello IanMacholl. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * 1) Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * 2) Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * 3) Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * 4) Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

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. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:06, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Requested unblock as account SFWLtd is blocking IP address, also requested username change as named person no longer at company listed and want to keep the history - Catriona Anderson IanMacholl (talk) 16:09, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Od Mishehu's advice to "follow the instructions" he/she has linked is likely to be unhelpful. The instructions relate to an autoblock, but this account is not affected by an autoblock. It may be that it was affected by an autoblock which has expired, in which case there is no problem: you should be able to edit now. Alternatively, you may be affected by an IP block, in which case there is nothing we can do without knowing what IP address is involved. Look at the instructions you see when you try to edit: if you are affected by an IP block then it will tell you what IP address is involved. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:23, 28 March 2013 (UTC)