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Thank you for working at the DofE organisation. That work is most valuable. Greenmaven ( talk) 23:47, 18 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to
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danjel [
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10:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for the advice - I found it very confusing to get involved in the debate so I did my best... I'll go back in and try and sort it out!
Dofedave (
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10:20, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dofedave. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things
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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, you may have a
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All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.
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Joe1000000 ( talk) 19:28, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits to
Duke of Edinburgh's Award while logged out. Making edits while logged out reveals your
IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. Wikipedia's
policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of more than one account or IP address by one person. If this was not your intention, then please always remember to log in when editing. Thank you.
King of
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12:28, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Ah - didn't realise I wasn't logged in... I'm not used to this! Many thanks...
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
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Hello, Dofedave, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
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Greenmaven (
talk)
23:44, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
|
Thank you for working at the DofE organisation. That work is most valuable. Greenmaven ( talk) 23:47, 18 December 2011 (UTC) |
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to
talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, such as on
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Peter's Middle School, Old Windsor, you should
sign your posts by typing four
tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button
or
located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. Thank you. Also please note that you can only vote once on a particular issue (while I wouldn't mind more "keep"s ;). ˜
danjel [
talk |
contribs ]
10:17, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks for the advice - I found it very confusing to get involved in the debate so I did my best... I'll go back in and try and sort it out!
Dofedave (
talk)
10:20, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dofedave. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things
you have written about in the article
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, you may have a
conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.
All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.
If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:
Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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 a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Hghyux ( talk to me)( talk to others) 19:04, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Joe1000000 ( talk) 19:28, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits to
Duke of Edinburgh's Award while logged out. Making edits while logged out reveals your
IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. Wikipedia's
policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of more than one account or IP address by one person. If this was not your intention, then please always remember to log in when editing. Thank you.
King of
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♦
♣ ♠
12:28, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Ah - didn't realise I wasn't logged in... I'm not used to this! Many thanks...
Your account's edits and/or username indicate that it is being used on behalf of a company, group, website or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity. The edits may have violated one or more of our rules on spamming, which include: adding inappropriate external links, posting advertisements and using Wikipedia for promotion. Wikipedia has many articles on companies, groups, and organizations, but such groups are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia to write about themselves. In addition, usernames like yours are disallowed under our username policy.
Probably not, although if you can demonstrate a pattern of future editing in strict accordance with our neutral point of view policy, you may be granted this right. See Wikipedia's FAQ for Organizations for a helpful list of frequently asked questions by people in your position. Also, review the conflict of interest guidance to see the kinds of limitations you would have to obey if you did want to continue editing about your company, group, organization, or clients. If this does not fit in with your goals, then you will not be allowed to edit Wikipedia again.
If you have no interest in writing about some other topic than your organization, group, company, or product, you may consider using one of the many websites that allow this instead.
If you do intend to make useful contributions here about some other topic, you must convince a Wikipedia administrator that you mean it. To that end, please do the following:
{{
unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}}
on
your user talk page.{{
unblock|Your reason here}}
below, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first.