User talk:Osfi-bsif

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, 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.

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 * Thank you Kleuske, Yes, I am working at OSFI, and yes, I you are right, this might have the appearance of a conflict of interest. I had not thought about this, I technically do this in my free time to correct pages to provide accurate information.
 * I thought that by signing our page as OSFI, this would demonstrate transparency, but I certainly don't want to infringe on Wikipedia rules. I will make sure to find a way to proceed differently in the future. What triggered these changes was one page that contained information that was clearly very old and not accurate.  The second reason we did it is the change in our mandate by the Bill C 47 in Canada.  I thought it was important for the public to know we were asked to do much more.
 * Thank you again for informing me that I am placing myself in contravention with Wikipedia rules, I will try to find a different way to make sure our pages get updated in a compliant manner.
 * Have a great day.
 * Charles Osfi-bsif (talk) 14:15, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Osfi-bsif", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it suggests shared use. 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 the form at Special:GlobalRenameRequest, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Kleuske (talk) 13:28, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Kleuske (talk) 13:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, club, organization, company, or website, I have blocked this account from editing. You are welcome to continue editing after you have chosen a new username that complies with Wikipedia's username policy.

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Thank you. WaggersTALK  14:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)