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Hello, I'm Psychonaut. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Madras Cafe without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, you can use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Psychonaut (talk) 12:44, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Madras Cafe. 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:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

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. 76.248.151.159 (talk) 12:45, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 == July 2013 ==
 [[Image:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, I'm [[User:Psychonaut|Psychonaut]]. I noticed that you recently removed some content from [[:Madras Cafe]]&nbsp;without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an [[Wikipedia:Edit summary|edit summary]]. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, you can use the [[WP:Sandbox|sandbox]]. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on [[User_talk:Psychonaut|my talk page]]. Thanks!<!-- Template:uw-delete1 --><!-- Template:uw-cluebotwarning1 --> [[User:Psychonaut|Psychonaut]] ([[User talk:Psychonaut|talk]]) 12:44, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
+[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] Hello, Madras Cafe. We [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|welcome]] your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things [[Special:Contributions/Madras Cafe|you have written about]] on Wikipedia, you may have a [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest]] or close connection to the subject.
+All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|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 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|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:
+*'''Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating''' articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
+*'''Be cautious about deletion discussions'''.  Everyone is welcome to provide information about [[Wikipedia:Independent sources|independent sources]] in [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|deletion discussions]], but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
+*'''Avoid linking''' to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see [[Wikipedia:Spam]]).
+*'''Exercise great caution''' so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.
+Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability of information]], and [[Wikipedia:Autobiography|autobiographies]].
+For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations|our frequently asked questions for organizations]].  Thank you.<!-- THE FOLLOWING CATEGORY SHOULD BE REMOVED WHEN THE USER IS BLOCKED, OR IT IS DECIDED THAT THIS USER DOES NOT HAVE A COI, OR THIS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE WITH NO ACTION. -->[[Category:User talk pages with conflict of interest notices|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!-- Template:uw-coi --> [[Special:Contributions/76.248.151.159|76.248.151.159]] ([[User talk:76.248.151.159|talk]]) 12:45, 6 July 2013 (UTC)