User talk:Knaresborough Girl

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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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August 2020

Hello, I'm Blablubbs. I wanted to let you know that one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Knaresborough— has been undone because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thank you. — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:58, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Knaresborough Girl, you may want to read WP:NOTWEBHOST. It's like this: if something about the subject has not been covered in a reliable source, we don't add it to Wikipedia. We're an encyclopedia, not a web host for the town. That you manage the page that you are trying to link as well implies that you have a conflict of interest in relation to this. Please don't add this material again, and if you find that it's been covered in a reliable source, contact another editor to review and add it in for you. Thank you, Red Phoenix ^talk 14:58, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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16:02, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Reply to "official complaint"

Please take a few moments to read about how Wikipedia works and what Wikipedia does. Please start at WP:NOT. We are a crowdsourced encyclopedia that operates by consensus. There are no "officials" to which to complain. If you do something that some editor thinks is against our consensus, that editor will revert you. To object to a revert, you must discuss the situation to see if the editor was incorrect, and arrive at a consensus with that editor: see WP:BRD. Only if that fails should you move on to WP:DISPUTE. In this particular case the consensus is that you should not add links to a web site that you operate: see WP:COI and WP:SPAM. If you disagree woth those guidelines, you are free to discuss changes to them on their respective talk pages. -Arch dude (talk) 16:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]