User talk:Alisonpayne

Very dangerous waters[edit]

Beware. What you are currently doing is highly inadvisable. It could seriously undermine both your own professional reputation and that of your employer. Investigative journalists have run stories based on John Smith House editing Wikipedia articles, and I dare say that those same journalists and others would be interested in what you are trying to do too. --Mais oui! (talk) 13:11, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Recommended reading: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. --Mais oui! (talk) 13:12, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see you've already been warned about this before, but it should be stressed again that editing the Reform Scotland article when you when you admit to being a senior member of the organisation is a significant conflict of interests. It would be strongly recommended in future that if you wished to make edits to the article you suggest them first on the discussion page, rather then changing large chunks of the article without any consultation. MoreofaGlorifiedPond,Really... (talk) 20:24, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that this User ought to restrict her future activity to the Talk page. Otherwise Admin intervention is inevitable. The removal of key references in her latest edits was a disgraceful, transparent attempt to obfuscate the roots of the organisation. One wonders why they are so ashamed of those roots? --Mais oui! (talk) 04:41, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

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

I notice 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.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. To start creating a draft article, just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit that page as you would any other. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. It is also worth noting that Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which specifically link them to one company or corporation. If your username does have such a name, it would be advisable for you to request a change of username.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Fæ (talk) 03:36, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, as well as the links provided in the standard welcome above, please note that you may find Conflict of interest/Noticeboard a useful way of gaining independent opinion on the changes you would like to make in the article and further advice on how to contribute where you have a declared interest. Wikipedia welcomes expert contributors and I hope that the non-standard warnings you have received so far do not defer you from helping to reach a consensus on the article talk page for how further reliably sourced information you would like to see added can be achieved in a neutral manner. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 03:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]