User talk:Andto10

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Hello, Andto10, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Eric Heinze, 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.

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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! GermanJoe (talk) 12:17, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello GermanJoe, Can you explain how I can have someone proofread some of the material I want to contribute? I'd hate to have it removed again. Also I've made some other contributions today which have not become visible. Are they subject to review? Or have they been removed like my contributions to the Eric Heinze page? Thanks a lot. Andto10 (talk) 15:56, 14 February 2016 (UTC)Andto10[reply]

Eric Heinze[edit]

Hey Andto10,

Nice to meet ya. I received your message on my talk page regarding content on Heinze's article. Upon further investigation, it seems that you have figured something out for the time being. I very much understand your editing situation; first editing Wikipedia is often confusing (and in my opinion, more confusing than it should be). To reiterate, the content you added can still be found in the article's "history" tab (which is close to the "edit" button). It wasn't truly "deleted" (which would mean that public access to the content is taken away). If you've got any other questions about editing, feel free to drop me a line.

Best,

Airplaneman ✈ 19:10, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Airplaneman, Thanks for your message. It is indeed quite confusing editing pages and so on. I have a couple of questions if you could help. I was told that it would be ok if I could restrict my editing to just a couple of sentences (since it is about a very new book). I was wondering how I can have someone proofread it so that I can make sure that it is not removed this time. Also, I made other contributions as well but I cannot see them either. Is it for the same reason as my Eric Heinze article contributions? Or are they subject to approval and may or may not be approved accordingly? Thanks a lot, Best, Andto10 (talk) 10:55, 15 February 2016 (UTC)Andto10[reply]

Andto10,

I see what's up. The contributions you made were undone by other editors who thought that they were excessively promotional or added undue weight to the articles in question. Specifically, User:GermanJoe (here, here, and here) and User:Thomas.W (here) used the same rationale in their edits. Wikipedia pages display only the most recent revisions of pages, and the fact that the pages were modified after your changes explains why you can't see the content you added. Please see Help:Page history for how this functions. Though only the most recent version of a page is shown, older revisions are saved indefinitely, and can be accessed through the page history.

I certainly empathize with your enthusiasm to add material related to a new book that just came out. In fact, that's exactly what drew me to make my first edits on Wikipedia. I'm not well-versed in the topics Heinze writes on, so I can't claim to know how much is enough, but I agree that maybe a shorter mention of his theories, as they are important relative to the topics at hand, may be more appropriate.

Finally, to answer your question on what's "subject to approval," well… anyone is free to add or remove anything. That means that what's on Wikipedia is decided by many, including you. I believe Thomas.W and GermanJoe were following consensus-based content guidelines when undoing your changes and meant no harm. I know this is a lot of stuff to present to you at once; I felt the same way when I first poked around here.

Airplaneman ✈ 16:49, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Airplaneman, Thanks a lot for your message. It is indeed really helpful. I'll try to keep my next contributions on these articles short and precise just to avoid similar occurences. Best, Andto10 (talk) 17:38, 16 February 2016 (UTC)Andto10[reply]