User talk:Ninicurry

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Based on the edits made by this account, especially the first one made in 2007, it appears that you are in fact affiliated with Fentons Creamery. Since you are not following Wikipedia's guildeines on conflict of interest, consider the following a warning:


 * Editing in order to promote your own interests or those of your business is incompatible with the aim of Wikipedia. This also includes removing verified information, from reliable third party sources, that may portray you or your company in a negative light. Such conflict of interest editing violates Wikipedia's policies such as neutral point of view, which may lead to this account being blocked, as per our policy, on grounds of disruption.


 * Also, editing in this manner also risks causing public embarrassment outside of Wikipedia for the individuals and groups being promoted. Other organizations such as the Church of Scientology and U.S. Senate staff members have been caught "fixing" Wikipedia's articles about them. I'm not sure how the local media up there in the San Francisco Bay Area would react if they knew you were "doctoring" this article about your business. All I can say is that the more you edit the Fentons Cremery article, you further increase the risk that the Bay Area media might notice you. Wikipedia is fast becoming one of the most top visited web sites, and all historical versions of each article are kept in a page history. And if other Wikipedia users find out what you are doing, who knows how they would spread this around ... and soon it might be talked about on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. Would you want that negative publicity? I wouldn't. Attempts to cover up negative information might actually do more harm than good.


 * Now regarding the content that you're actually trying to remove: It appears your objection is the inclusion of content from that East Bay Express article, which makes a number of claims that presents your business in a negative light. I will accept the fact that this publication is an alternative newspaper/tabloid, and thus may not be the best reliable source. However, I will insist that content from the articles from sfgate.com has to stay, since it is a major publication in your area, including this article that talks about the arson fire – and actually mentions the circumstances behind it (in the last four paragraphs).


 * Also, please take the time to read our frequently asked questions for organizations. Regards. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)