User talk:Cumbriangirl

Hello, Cumbriangirl! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! Nev1 (talk) 17:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Warnings and notifications

First let me extend a hearty "howdy" and welcome to Wikipedia! You're work is very much appreciated and we're glad you're here. If you have any problems or questions, don't hesitate to drop me a line. I noticed your report at AIV; ordinarily we have to warn a user several times about edits before blocking them. For vandalism, see WP:VAND and advertising see WP:ADVERT (there are useful warning templates {{uw-vand1}} through {{uw-vand4}} and {{uw-spam1}} through {{uw-spam4}} which can be used, along with many others). Sometimes a person is blocked before they get four warnings, but usually blocking admins look for about four warnings. I didn't look over all of the edits ForeverPhoenix (talk · contribs) was making, but be sure they are unquestionably spam. I see you have worked on the article for a while, so I am betting you have seen some that are promotional, etc., although I didn't immediately find anything particularly worrisome in the edits the user was making. It often helps to point these highly problematic edits out when asking for a block.

Conflict of Interest is a challenge to enforce. Sometimes people's writing tends toward the positive, despite a lack of conflicts of interest. It is also not, strictly speaking, prohibited (only *very strongly* discouraged). People with conflicts of interest can be some of the most difficult users to deal with. However it is sort of part of the job (and sometimes those close to a company can point out errors, which can be helpful). My usual approach to editors with a conflict of interest is to (i) point out the WP:COI guideline and WP:NPOV policy, (ii) encourage the potentially conflict-of-interest editor to discuss changes on the talk page, rather than making them directly, and (iii) if things get out of hand on the talk page or the editor refuses to discuss, get wider involvement using WP:COIN (or if the edits are clearly problematic and the user has been warned, WP:AIV).

There's a bit of complexity to the workings around here. I apologize for throwing all this information at you at once. Let me know if there is anything I can help with or clarify. (It can be a bit daunting, even for folks who have been here a while.) Thanks again for all your work on Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker (talk) 00:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Cumbriangirl. You have new messages at TeaDrinker's talk page.
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Hello, Cumbriangirl. You have new messages at TeaDrinker's talk page.
Message added 02:23, 8 October 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.