User talk:Theyachtbreak

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Advance provisioning allowance, which 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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Alternative user name?

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Hi HopsonRoad thanks for the advice. I can change my name, although I am not sure how to go about it. Would Caroline-TYB be acceptable? There is no conflict of interest here, I am not going to get paid for helping people to understand what APA is. Surely you want people who know what they are talking about to add to pages? It was a factual piece of information that explains what APA means for people who want to know. there is no positive or negative slant. Just facts.Theyachtbreak (talk) 17:05, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Caroline, I recommend that you review the link to "Contributing to Wikipedia" to learn more about reliable sources and a neutral point of view. As to an acceptable user name for contributing to articles in a manner that does not suggest a conflict of interest, I suggest you review: Wikipedia:Username policy. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 17:14, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may change your username by submitting a request here: Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. Your suggested username seems acceptable. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:29, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. HopsonRoad (talk) 16:51, 8 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]