User talk:Kate Haigh

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Hello, Kate Haigh, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Proof-editing, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! 331dot (talk) 19:38, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Please indicate that you have read the above. 331dot (talk) 20:14, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, yes, I've read it, thanks. Kate Haigh (talk) 20:23, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm wondering if you are the Kate in "Kateproof proofreading services". If you were that would make the conflict of interest policy possibly relevant to your edits. 331dot (talk) 20:30, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I am, and I am just looking into this. I have to admit I'm confused by the way this all works - I know about proof-editing because it's what I do, but it feels like I'm not entitled to write about it? Or am I misunderstanding? I look at the proofreading page on Wikipedia and it's full of content that I disagree with - that might be a slight US/UK difference as I know the terms don't exactly overlap in all elements but it feels like it's been written by someone with limited knowledge. Kate Haigh (talk) 20:45, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I think you are OK in editing in your general area of expertise; you just need to be open about the fact you work in the field (adding a statement to that effect to the article talk page) and not posting about your own website or business directly. 331dot (talk) 21:03, 14 March 2017 (UTC)