User talk:JeffRCooper

May 2020
Hello, I'm Mutt Lunker. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Cuisine of Devon have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Mutt Lunker (talk) 11:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Good Morning Mutt. Thank you for letting me know. Please can you give me some advice, so that I don’t make the same mistake again. The edits that I posted were indeed links and references to a magazine that I own, in this respect it was self promotional as you suggest. However the articles themselves were balanced, written by an unbiased NUJ qualified journalised about business, and people in Devon that are not linked to me in any way. They have not paid to be in the article, they have been included on merit only. I genuinely believe the articles provide useful information for a Wikipedia user researching the subject. Am I correct in saying that if these pages were posted by an independent person, not linked to the magazine, the would pass Wikipedia’s policy? JeffRCooper (talk) 06:18, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi Jeff, thanks for being receptive about this. You should find WP:COI informative on the matter. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Mutt. WP:COI is informative, thanks for the link.