User talk:Adam Williams

Move request closure

I created a move request over at Talk:Monzo and a week has elapsed. I think there's consensus for a move, but since I'm not uninvolved (it's my request) I don't want to do the non-admin closure myself because there's surely a COI in determining consensus. Is there somewhere to ask for someone unbiased/uninvolved to make a judgement? Thanks!

Adam williams (talk) 06:04, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Closed. SwisterTwister talk 06:12, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

That was fast, thanks so much :) Adam williams (talk) 06:13, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

@User:SwisterTwister: what's the normal procedure regarding redirects now that there's a disambiguation in place? Would it be acceptable to have Monzo redirect to Monzo (disambiguation) at some point in the future? Would this break existing links? Adam williams (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Thanks for reaching out, I can confirm I don't have any sort of employment or consultancy agreement with Monzo. Nor is advertising/marketing something I do professionally. My actual day job is in the higher education sector doing software engineering.

I do have a personal interest in fintech (I previously worked indirectly for a number of other, older/larger retail banks but have never worked indirectly for Monzo) and honestly most of the organisations in this space are shit at what they do, don't manage their technical debt effectively, repeatedly sacrifice user experience for "security" (theatre) and can't innovate as a result.

So, I'll always be enthusiastic about challenger banks including Monzo but that doesn't mean I have a CoI or can't keep the encyclopedic principles of Wikipedia:NPOV in mind when editing. Monzo aren't flawless - I believe I've already mentioned some of the dumb and controversial things they've done (like shutting down their community Slack workspace for no reason) in the article already.

Adam Williams (talk) 10:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)