User talk:Johnhibbs1978

Editing with a conflict of interest
Hello, Hibbslupustrust. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship 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.

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Hibbslupustrust", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because as it represents an organization, which is not permitted by our policy WP:ORGNAME, as it is seen as promotional. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 15:21, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Johnhibbs1978, you are invited on a Wikipedia Adventure!
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Paid editing
You are required to disclose per the WP:TOU. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 22:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia
Hi John. I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. I'm following up on the COI notice you were given above.

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. You appear to be editing under your own name, and appear to be the founder and chairman of The Hibbs Lupus Trust. If so, you have a COI with regard to the trust. Would you please clarify your relationship to the trust? After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. You can reply here - I am watching this page. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 11:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Jytdog,

Yes I am the founder and chairman of The Hibbs Lupus Trust. The trust is run entirely by volunteers so I do not receive any payments in terms of the updates I do.

I want to add the Trust details and contribute to the information about lupus to ensure that Wiki has the latest information available about lupus and a charity that offers support to those seeking help. I have looked at the many other charities listed and followed their format and simply listed the relevant details about the Trust. I do hope this is ok! Thanks.

Johnhibbs1978 Johnhibbs1978 (talk) 13:27, 5 September 2015 (UTC)