User talk:Pfeldman

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Hello, Pfeldman, 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:

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Hello, Pfeldman. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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:

You need not declare your conflict of interest, but we recommend it.
Do not edit articles about yourself, your organization, or your competitors. Do not edit related articles. (Exceptions.)
Post suggestions and sources on the article's talk page, or create a draft in your user space.
Your role is to summarize, inform and reference — not to promote, sell, or whitewash.
If writing a draft, write without bias, as if you don't work for the company or personally know the subject.
Have us review your draft.
Work with us and we'll work with you.

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.--McGeddon (talk) 10:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A person updating Wikipedia to insert one or more links to their own website has a conflict of interest, as they cannot be entirely relied upon to be neutral about that usefulness of the source. With the best will in the world, you are probably not the clearest judge of whether or not your own website is "the only online 4-by-4 Boogle that actually works".

Sure, sneaky editors can attempt to hide a COI edit by using a fake account or asking a friend to help, and both of these are explicitly discouraged. And if it's an inappropriate link it'll get removed anyway.

If you want to add a link to your own website to Wikipedia, just suggest it on the article's talk page, explain that it's your own site, and see what other editors think. --McGeddon (talk) 08:45, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]