User talk:Verdict78

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June 2013

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Tech City|"Tech City"]] project to create a [[Silicon Valley]] environment in [[East London]] (link to article on number 10 website.<ref>{{cite web|title=50m to regenerate Old St.|url=http://www.

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Sourcing and Suburban Express

Changes to articles must be backed by reliable sources. You made changes to Suburban Express that talked about one of their business rivals, sourced to SE's own website. That is not a good idea, since their website is not a reliable source, for obvious reasons of conflict of interest and neutral point-of-view. I have reverted the changes. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:35, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know about the revert. I was attempting to improve this article and might have got a little carried away. I'll go through and ensure that the well referenced content remains. Verdict78 (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I really hated having to do that second revert, but your reference was to an opinion piece, which by nature is not going to have the same standards of impartiality that would be expected from actual reportage, since an editorial is by definition intended to persuade as much as to inform. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:41, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I was quite surprised with the revert actually, but I do understand what you mean about editorials. My suggestion is to make a very brief statement regarding the rivalry and use the Daily Illini link as a reference. By doing this I feel the editorial could be used. I'll make the change, if you are unhappy with it then you know where to find me to discuss. Again thanks for your input, there's nothing worse than blindly editing a controversial article with no input from anyone else. Verdict78 (talk) 10:37, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Verdict78. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Suburban Express, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:25, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

assume good faith

Please assume good faith when editing and interacting with other editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexis418 (talk • contribs) 07:32, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]