User talk:Kieranscott7

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Kieranscott7. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Support in Mind Scotland, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Kinu t/c 13:29, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

August 2022
You may be blocked from editing without further warning if you make any further edits without responding to the inquiry you received regarding undisclosed paid editing. Kinu t/c 13:48, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

You will need to clarify exactly how I'm meant to prove that this is not a conflict of interest. I would appreciate that it is not assumed I am editing and creating articles for any gain you allude to above. It also should be noted that there are organisations out there, particularly charities, who link to their own website which means the rule isn't consistent. I can only do my best to comply with Wikipedia policy if you outline how I can go around abiding to that with guidance and instruction rather than vague guidelines. Many thanks. Kieranscott7 (talk) 14:01, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * What is your connection to Support in Mind Scotland? -- Kinu t/c 14:09, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * None, whatsoever. Kieranscott7 (talk) 14:15, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * So you are stating that it is mere coincidence that the substantive portion of your username is the same as that of the Head of Communications at Support in Mind Scotland? -- Kinu <i style="color: red">t</i>/<i style="color:red">c</i> 14:17, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes. Kieranscott7 (talk) 14:19, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I see. Given that, I recommend creating your first article as a draft that is appropriately neutral, showing via reliable sources that a standalone article is warranted per the general notability guideline, via the Articles for Creation process. I encourage this versus edit warring to restore a version similar to one that was created by another account with a clear and self-disclosed conflict of interest. -- <strong style="color:blue">Kinu <i style="color: red">t</i>/<i style="color:red">c</i> 19:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I would highly advise you to post a statement on your user page stating that you are not associated with the organization you are editing about even though you share the name of someone who is associated with it. 331dot (talk) 19:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)