User talk:Kim at WWT Slimbridge
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[edit]Hello, WWT Slimbridge, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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- Hello, I'm not sure why there is a conflict of interest when I was changing the name of an observation tower to its correct name, ie whoever wrote it originally gave factually incorrect information. There is a lot of other incorrect information on the entry too, so how do I get that amended if I can't amend it?
- Thank you for your help. WWT Slimbridge (talk) 14:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- That's probably fine. The main issue is your username: you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually (not your role), such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87", but not "SEO Manager at XYZ Company". –Skywatcher68 (talk) 21:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh, and if you have any external affiliation with WWT Slimbridge, such as being employed by them, you need to disclose that. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 21:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, OK, thank you, that makes sense now. I will request a change of username, as I need to make a few more factually incorrect changes (well, changing from incorrect to correct :D ).Very much appreciate your help. WWT Slimbridge (talk) 09:33, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Kim, your user account has been renamed. You need to declare your paid conflict of interest according to the guidance at WP:PAID. Also, you should not directly edit the article WWT Slimbridge yourself. You can use the edit request wizard to request that impartial editors make the changes on your behalf. Your requests should be supported by reliable, verifiable, independent sources so that our readers can verify the information for themselves - "Marketing Manager, WTT Slimbridge" is not verifiable. Cabayi (talk) 10:43, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
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