Blackburn Rovers FC

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September 2009

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Blackburn Rovers, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. – Toon 20:14, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lee, that kind of editing is fine (in fact encouraged) - you are in a position to make such corrections. You might want to beware of making big prose edits, as that can often lead to accusations of bias (even when little exists) - fact checking etc. is fine though. You haven't been able to edit the Rovers page because your account isn't old enough or doesn't have enough edits to pass the confirmation threshold needed for semiprotected pages. When you change the details, please try to back up the changes with a reference from a reliable source such as news article or official listing from the club website. I should also note that the club has no editorial control over any articles on WP, all are governed by consensus of editors in accordance with our policies and guidelines. Finally, you should know that accounts aren't allowed to be used by more than one person, and they shouldn't have an organisation as a name (see: the username policy) - you should either create a new account which doesn't relate the name to an organisation (or otherwise imply authority of an organisation) or head over to WP:CHU and request a new name. If you do decide to create a new account, let me know and I'll grant you confirmed status that'll allow you to edit semi-protected pages. Best, – Toon 13:32, 4 September 2009 (UTC)