Griffwell

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You have also had a reply at the WP:help desk, as you asked a similar question there. Please note that forum shopping is generally frowned on, as it wastes the time of contributors answering questions which have already been answered. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:39, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia,

You have stated that you are an employee of the ad agency, which is the right thing to do. I highly recommend that you read WP:COI and do your best to follow the advice there. In my opinion, you should not be editing this article directly. Instead, you should post suggested changes on the article's talk page, along with references. Unreferenced or promotional material will be removed. Do not add any such material unless there is consensus by interested, uninvolved editors. The only exception is blatant vandalism. Thank you, and feel free to ask me questions at any time. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 15:51, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Cullen - that is good to know. I wasn't aware that we shouldn't be updating directly. Could i just ask that we keep the new client list i added, as this is more a factual section. We will refrain from putting any self promotional info. Our intensions were only to update the facts such as locations and clients, and update a few innacuracies.

Is that ok?

Griffwell (talk) 16:01, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

No, that's not OK. First, it is unreferenced. Second, it is promotional and Smartse agrees. Wikipedia is not a marketing platform for your company. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:07, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Ok - i understand this. However beore i edited this yesterday there was a pre existing section that had 'current clients' which wasnt added by me. I simply updated this area as it was out of date. Could i ask why this entire section has been removed now? As it had been live for a long time before i came along and made the updates.

Griffwell (talk) 16:11, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Smartse removed whatever that editor saw as promotional. Just because promotional material was in the article previously, unnoticed by experienced editors, doesn't mean it gets to stay forever. Three editors are watching now. Discuss all further proposed changes on the article's talk page. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:20, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:59, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Warning

You are repeatedly inserting unreferenced, promotional content into an article about your employer, even though three experienced editors have disagreed. Please stop now, and discuss the matter on the article's talk page. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:11, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

sorry Cullen - i'm new to this. I understand your messages and will refrain from making any more updates to this page. I can assure you there was no malice involved.

Griffwell (talk) 16:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, and I see no signs of malice. Please read the whole talk page plus the links I gave you. We will consider modest changes referenced to reliable, independent sources. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:31, 10 April 2013 (UTC)