Lauramcintosh2905

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Hello, Lauramcintoshbannatyne, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Bannatyne's, 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. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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April 2016

Hello, I'm 331dot. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Bannatyne's because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 09:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Bannatyne

Hi, I have requested a username change as I did not know about this. Please can I speak to you about the content I have submitted about this page? I am of course happy to have any of it proofed if it is too promotional.

Thanks, Lauramcintoshbannatyne (talk) 10:04, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

I would suggest visiting the welcome links above. SwisterTwister talk 20:21, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Thanks for requesting the username change; it has already taken place. I assume you are asking about Bannatyne's. That article's tone indeed was unduly promotional. Just to give a few random examples:

• ... founded by famous Scottish businessman...
• ... clubs consist of the latest state-of-the-art Technogym equipment...
• ... a luxurious swimming pool...
• ... a wide selection of nutritional meals, snacks and drinks...
• ... spacious therapy rooms providing luxurious treatments...

and my personal favourite,

• Terms and conditions apply.

Would you expect to read something like that in the Encyclopaedia Britannica? I don't think it's the tone used by independent sources to report on the company, either, but unfortunately I can't tell because the article didn't cite any independent sources in the first place. It would need to be rewritten in its entirety to become a valid encyclopedia article, particularly in order to conform to Wikipedia's required neutral point of view. You may want to check out our guidelines on reliable sources, verifiability, and notability of companies. If you then think you can write a neutral, well-sourced article about your company, I'd advise you to use the Article Wizard to write a draft and to submit it for a review by an experienced editor. The old page, however, read like something written by the company's PR people, not like an encyclopedia article, and satisfied the criteria for speedy deletion as a blatant advertisement. Huon (talk) 20:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bannatyne's (April 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 333-blue was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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333-blue 15:09, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Lauramcintosh2905, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! 333-blue 15:09, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bannatyne's (April 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Joseph2302 was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Bannatyne's and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Joseph2302 (talk) 20:53, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello Lauramcintosh2905. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a black hat practice.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Lauramcintosh2905. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Lauramcintosh2905|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message.