User talk:T.E.Davies

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Welcome!

Hello, T.E.Davies, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Alith Anar 22:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, T.E.Davies. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Timothy Davies (runner), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Alith Anar 22:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 2024

Hello, I'm Alith Anar. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Andrew Davies (British runner), but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Alith Anar 22:23, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Andrew Davies (British runner), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Alith Anar 22:27, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Andrew Davies (British runner), you may be blocked from editing. Alith Anar 22:28, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The person himself asked me to make the change. T.E.Davies (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then that counts as conflict of interest (COI) editing. Refrain from adding unsourced content and consult the "Managing a conflict of interest" information above for how to manage COI editing. Alith Anar 22:34, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not if he asked me to T.E.Davies (talk) 22:37, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, according to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, "all material in Wikipedia mainspace, including everything in articles, lists, and captions, must be verifiable," especially content about living people, so thank you for adding a reference to Andrew Davies (British runner). And if somebody explicitly requests one to change an article about themselves, than that certain qualifies as COI editing. Again, see the information on COI editing for more information. Alith Anar 22:39, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Timothy Davies (runner). Alith Anar 22:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am him T.E.Davies (talk) 22:52, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Again, consult the COI editing regulations. Being the subject of the article is no excuse for adding unreferenced content, espescially to a BLP (biography of a living person). Alith Anar 22:53, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 22:55, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]