Tarafarrellwexford

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was World Hepatitis Alliance, 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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WHA article - probably can't be kept in its present state

Hello, thanks for writing this article. I'm sorry but right now it's not right for Wikipedia, perhaps better for your charity's website or other sites such as directories of charities or LinkedIn.

• The main problem with it is that it extensively copies your charity's website, which is copyrighted. This can't be used on Wikipedia.

• In addition, the article is written in a promotional tone, not the neutral tone of an encyclopaedia. For comparison, here is an article I've written on a company I don't have a connection with. You'll see it's much more about basic facts (where's it based? how many employees? founded when?)

• Almost all the citations are to your own website. Self-authored sources can be used on Wikipedia, but in general the guidance on whether an organisation is notable enough to have its own article (that's a link to a full guide) is coverage in other media - news coverage, peer-reviewed papers, industry awards and so on. It does sound like this charity might well be notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia possibly though, although I do recommend you take a look at the guideline.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this. I really recommend rewriting as soon as possible, since in its present state the article could be deleted immediately.

In future, it's best to write an article on your sandbox and ask for review before posting. In addition, below I've put a basic message about writing Wikipedia articles on your employer - this is a standard, automated text. Blythwood (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Tarafarrellwexford. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
• instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

Speedy deletion nomination of World Hepatitis Alliance

Hello Tarafarrellwexford,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged World Hepatitis Alliance for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Blythwood (talk) 00:13, 7 February 2016 (UTC)