User talk:Clsbasel

"Interpretation service picketed by trade unions, activists". Metro Eireann. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013. on [[Lionbridge] company page is no longer accessible. Same for "Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.". Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. Stanford Law School. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013. Clsbasel (talk) 17:46, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Welcome!

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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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Thank you for the info. I'll get a personal login and use it instead. Just wanted to add a URL change. I'll study the documentation first and then come back with questions. Clsbasel (talk) 12:32, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Clsbasel, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Lionbridge has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:05, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

thanks for the tips. Any help is much appreciated. I'll try to dig in. Clsbasel (talk) 11:33, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Clsbasel. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the articles Lionbridge and CLS Communication, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
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• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
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• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:12, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

I concur with Diannaa, especially as:

In January 2015, CLS Communication was acquired by Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., a global translation company based in Waltham, Massachusetts.[11] CLS_Communication

Zezen (talk) 03:41, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Yes, I work at CLS Communication, a company that was acquired by Lionbridge. Using the user name CLSBasel transparently. I don't think i have a conflict of interest. I'm not trying to promote Lionbridge; just trying to research and update some of the out-dated facts and links that I saw. Clsbasel (talk) 11:29, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

That is indeed a conflict of interest; you should review the conflict of interest policy(WP:COI). You should avoid directly editing articles in the area of your COI, instead suggesting changes on the article talk page first. You state you are employed by CLS; if you are editing Wikipedia as part of your job's duties, or have been directed to do so by your boss/superior at work, you are required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use to comply with the paid editing policy(WP:PAID). 331dot (talk) 13:54, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

ok - I am employed by CLS, but it's not my job to update Wikipedia. Just want to correct wrong facts or provide updates, where I can. Clsbasel (talk) 14:16, 6 November 2017 (UTC)