User talk:ColinSmythe

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

ColinSmythe (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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See comment by Drmies below. Sorry for the confusion. Regards So Why 20:48, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that this block is not a reflection of your contributions but solely based on the fact that your username implies that this account is controlled by Colin Smythe Ltd. If you are indeed Colin Smythe himself (the person, not the corporation), feel free to request an unblock as described above. You might be required to prove your identity though. Regards So Why 13:39, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

SoWhy, the editor has communicated with ArbCom and we accept their account--they are that individual, thanks. Mr. Smythe, you are unblocked; I have not looked at any of your edits but I trust they are in agreement with our policies and guidelines, specifically WP:NPOV (that they be neutral, not promotional, etc.) and WP:COI, because you do have a conflict of interest. On that note, please see WP:COIDISCLOSEPAY: we need you to disclose, publicly, that you have that conflict of interest. If you have any questions, SoWhy or I, or anyone else will be glad to help. Happy editing, Drmies (talk) 18:35, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Removed references in Terry Pratchett

Hi there. I noticed you have made some changes to Terry Pratchett, probably based on your own knowledge of the subject. Unfortunately, you have removed footnotes while doing so. While we know that you are in fact Pratchett's literary agent (see above), many readers do not. As an encyclopedia, we cannot allow original research, i.e. material that is not attributable to a reliable, published source, even if the editor adding the material has insider knowledge; readers should always be able to look up the information themselves and not have to rely on the word of other users. As such, please refrain from removing references with your edits. Regards So Why 13:16, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest March 2021

Regarding your edits of Terry Pratchett and Discworld, please familiarise yourself with "Conflict of Interest" (COI) at WP:COIEDIT:

Editors with a COI should follow Wikipedia policies and best practices scrupulously:

you should disclose your COI when involved with affected articles;

you are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly;

So far, it seems you have not disclosed your COI. See how to do that at WP:DISCLOSE. Thank you, WikiHannibal (talk) 08:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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