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Managing a conflict of interest

Information icon Hello, Andycosslett. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Andy Cosslett, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. BugGhost 🪲👻 08:35, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

July 2024

Information icon Hello, I'm Marcus Markup. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Andy Cosslett, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi Marcus, it is myself editing my page to add the correct information? Andycosslett ( talk) 08:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Warning icon Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Andy Cosslett, you may be blocked from editing. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Andy Cosslett. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi again, I will add some sources now Andycosslett ( talk) 08:53, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Thank you. And congratulations on your promotion. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:56, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Can i change anything? My changes have dissapeared? Andycosslett ( talk) 08:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi Andy - Marcus reverted a lot of your changes because of the problems mentioned above (additions being unsourced, conflict of interest problems). I've since added a couple of details back in (namely the ITV chairmanship info), along with citations. I'd recommend reading this guideline about conflicts of interest which will give you info about what you should or shouldn't do in this scenario. The gist of it is: you are discouraged from editing your own article, but you're encouraged to make suggestions (such as in talk page) when you think there should be a change to the article. If you do edit your own article, please be very careful to avoid puffery, as this might be seen as self promotion, and be sure to include citations for any additions. BugGhost 🪲👻 09:08, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi there, thanks for explaining, can other items be added back in that are obviously correct such as correct spelling of my surname, that I have three children not two, that I am divorced not married? Andycosslett ( talk) 09:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Sure - I can do that for you BugGhost 🪲👻 09:23, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Thank you - can anything else be added back in regarding my career? Andycosslett ( talk) 09:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
From looking through your changes that were reverted, I'm not seeing anything new that should be added. Is there anything specific you think is missing? BugGhost 🪲👻 09:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi again, i was previously at advent and Shooting Star Trust, no longer there.
I wanted to add my grammar school into Education if possible? Andycosslett ( talk) 10:26, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
There is also some of my career path missing, can this be added? Andycosslett ( talk) 10:28, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Managing a conflict of interest

Information icon Hello, Andycosslett. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Andy Cosslett, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. BugGhost 🪲👻 08:35, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

July 2024

Information icon Hello, I'm Marcus Markup. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Andy Cosslett, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:44, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi Marcus, it is myself editing my page to add the correct information? Andycosslett ( talk) 08:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Warning icon Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Andy Cosslett, you may be blocked from editing. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Andy Cosslett. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:51, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi again, I will add some sources now Andycosslett ( talk) 08:53, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Thank you. And congratulations on your promotion. Marcus Markup ( talk) 08:56, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Can i change anything? My changes have dissapeared? Andycosslett ( talk) 08:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi Andy - Marcus reverted a lot of your changes because of the problems mentioned above (additions being unsourced, conflict of interest problems). I've since added a couple of details back in (namely the ITV chairmanship info), along with citations. I'd recommend reading this guideline about conflicts of interest which will give you info about what you should or shouldn't do in this scenario. The gist of it is: you are discouraged from editing your own article, but you're encouraged to make suggestions (such as in talk page) when you think there should be a change to the article. If you do edit your own article, please be very careful to avoid puffery, as this might be seen as self promotion, and be sure to include citations for any additions. BugGhost 🪲👻 09:08, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi there, thanks for explaining, can other items be added back in that are obviously correct such as correct spelling of my surname, that I have three children not two, that I am divorced not married? Andycosslett ( talk) 09:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Sure - I can do that for you BugGhost 🪲👻 09:23, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Thank you - can anything else be added back in regarding my career? Andycosslett ( talk) 09:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
From looking through your changes that were reverted, I'm not seeing anything new that should be added. Is there anything specific you think is missing? BugGhost 🪲👻 09:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi again, i was previously at advent and Shooting Star Trust, no longer there.
I wanted to add my grammar school into Education if possible? Andycosslett ( talk) 10:26, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply
There is also some of my career path missing, can this be added? Andycosslett ( talk) 10:28, 10 July 2024 (UTC) reply

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