User talk:Murraybrowne
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[edit]Hello, Murraybrowne, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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- You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. It is a shame no one has noticed until now but it cannot continue. If you work directly or indirectly for an organisation, or otherwise are acting on its behalf, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. If you are paid directly or indirectly by the organisation you are writing about, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Murraybrowne. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Murraybrowne|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared (you should use WP:Edit requests on the articles talk page if you are editing beyond removing vandalism or copyediting though). Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:01, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- You need to stop editing and use the articles talk page. I will keep removing your unsourced additions for the persons own safety. Everything on Wikipedia needs to be verifiable and reliably sourced. This is so no one can spread lies or falsehoods without proof. This is to protect the person who the article is written about. Do you understand? You need to pause, read the helpful policies above, and declare your conflict of interest now. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:05, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits to Murray Browne while logged out. Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of both an account and an IP address by the same person in the same setting and doing so may result in your account being blocked from editing. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing. Thank you. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:10, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Wikipedia, am I able to make the following changes to my own profile? Murray Browne
Murray Browne is a former Australian Rules Football player for Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (now AFL). His son Alex also played in the AFL for Essendon.
Browne played 53 games for Collingwood between 1981 and 1985, and Fitzroy in 1986. Playing mainly as a Defender he kicked a total of 6 career goals.[2]
He won the Collingwood Reserves Best and Fairest Award in 1981 and in 1984 played in the Seniors Finals Series, making the Preliminary Final.
After his playing days Browne held numerous football roles including Skills Coach at Collingwood and National Opposition Analyst at Port Adelaide.
He is a former President of the Collingwood Past Players Association and former Past Player Director of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA). Opp [3]
In working life Browne is a Certified Financial Planner and an Honorary Justice of the Peace.
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