Editing Eurovision Wiki:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard (section)

== Tim Dawson ==

* {{pagelinks|Tim Dawson}}
* {{userlinks|BLPcorrection9274739}}
* {{userlinks|~2026-13786-81}}

At BLP/N the editor {{userlinks|BLPcorrection9274739}} identified himself as [[Tim Dawson]] and asked for specific changes to his Wikipedia bio page. While some of these changes were appropriate, one of them was the removal of material from the article lead that associated him with Brexit. This was problematic because it would be a violation of [[WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY]] - Mr. Dawson is well-known for his pro-Brexit activism and, even if he would prefer that be less emphasized, it does support material which was present in the article. I said as much and watch-listed the article making a single edit [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Dawson&diff=1341328615&oldid=1341294734] here in the process. Shortly thereafter a temporary account {{userlinks|~2026-13786-81}} began editing the Tim Dawson article with their first edit being the removal of the information from the lead with the edit summary {{tq|Removing abuse and updating credentials in line with Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons}}. I restored it, providing the justification that it was adhering to Leadfollowsbody and then, the same temporary account manually reverted it with the misleading edit summary {{tq|Addition of Dawson's additional work}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Dawson&diff=1341514513&oldid=1341508229]. This temporary account went on to make several other changes to the Dawson article that had a non-neutral tone and introduced a lot of relatively personal but inconsequential biographical information such as Mr. Dawson's love of dogs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Dawson&diff=1341751683&oldid=1341514552]. I suspect [[WP:LOUT]].  I have notified both accounts. [[User:Simonm223|Simonm223]] ([[User talk:Simonm223|talk]]) 20:07, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:I trimmed a bunch of the non-consequential stuff, and added back the Guardian article and discussion.  I also edited the intro, referring to pro-Brexit advocacy, which seems a good balance. [[User:BubbaJoe123456|BubbaJoe123456]] ([[User talk:BubbaJoe123456|talk]]) 18:33, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::[[WP:AGF|We must]], in the absence of evidence to the contrary, assume that these are not the same person.
::BLPcorrection9274739 has not breached our policy; and indeed has acted exactly as we ask article subjects to act. The TA has been reported here with no prior attempt to discuss the matter and with no notification of our CoI policy (as indeed has BLPcorrection9274739; I have now left a notice on each of their talk pages). <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:01, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
:::The complaint at the BLP noticeboard started by BLPcorrection9274739 ended on March 3. The thread is now archived but can be seen at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive375#Tim_Dawson_–_Unsourced_%22political_activist%22_label_in_lead_and_undue_weight_on_dated_political_involvement this link]. In my personal opinion the Dawson article is now reasonably neutral and does not suffer from any BLP violations or unresolved COI. [[User:EdJohnston|EdJohnston]] ([[User talk:EdJohnston|talk]]) 21:19, 14 March 2026 (UTC)