User talk:Phil.e.bloomfield

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Hello, Phil.e.bloomfield, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Sónar, 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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Hello,

Thank you for your message. To confirm, I do indeed work for Sónar. My intention was to update the page which has a series of out of date information that is now incorrect. My intention was not to use the page for marketing/sales purposes but instead to ensure that it's an accurate description of the festival (with correct dates, and up to date details eg on editions around the world).

How would I be able to go about doing this, or indeed having this done, without triggering any problems regarding your conduct policy and principles?

Thank you

Best

Philip Bloomfield Phil.e.bloomfield (talk) 10:08, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Putting it simply: Don't. Suggest improvements on the talk page. Also, considering you're a professional, I would suggest this article. Do not expect me to give you a step by step manual on how to use Wikipedia to promote things. Kleuske (talk) 10:32, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thanks for the response. Understood entirely - I had advised my superiors against making modifications to wikipedia in this way, but they were insistent. Sorry for bothering you in any case. 93.176.138.190 (talk) 11:48, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

September 2022

Hello Phil.e.bloomfield. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Sónar, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, 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:Phil.e.bloomfield. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Phil.e.bloomfield|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Kleuske (talk) 10:49, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]