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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Amiralexander (talk | contribs) at 16:59, 25 June 2015 (Reply to Brianhe). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Welcome!

Hello, Amiralexander, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Amir Alexander, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Brianhe (talk) 07:16, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sock-puppet

Sock-puppet of Amir Alexander.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.174.38.31 (talk • contribs) 09:00, 19 June 2015‎

I think what the user above is trying to say (AGF) is please, if you are Amir Alexander himself as described at WP:REALNAME, would you mind adding a note to your userpage saying so, so we can be more sure someone else isn't impersonating you. There will probably be further discussion of policies on autobiographies at that point. Thanks. — Brianhe (talk) 05:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for adding the note to your user page. I'm going to add a boilerplate conflict-of-interest message in a moment but don't let it scare you away. We really aporeciate and need expert editors like you, there are just some rules and policies you should know about. There should be another, more welcoming message coming along soon after. — Brianhe (talk) 06:56, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Getting started

Thanks Brianhe, I noticed someone started a page for me and decided to update it. I'd be happy to fix it as necessary.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Amiralexander (talk • contribs) 07:01, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, I replaced the generic welcome message above with one containing some specific info you should check out on COI. I'd recommend holding off on further editing on the article Amir Alexander for at least a few days because you are about to get a dump of procedures that apply to everyone in your position, i.e. you have several books on the market and any editing around them could give the impression of promotion. The best thing to do if there are serious biographical errors that need fixing soon, instead of editing the article directly, is post the details on the talk page Talk:Amir Alexander and an editor will reply soon. Again, we value your expertise and want to help you get started here. — Brianhe (talk) 07:16, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
   @Brianhe:Hi Brianhe, it was not my intention to write an autobiography or even to create the "Amir Alexander" entry, and I do not want people visiting the page get the mistaken idea that it was. I would be happy to remove some or all of my edits to have the "autobiography" boilerplate taken down. Please advise! Thanks,Amiralexander (talk) 16:59, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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