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February 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Benny Hester has been reverted.
Your edit here to Benny Hester was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.facebook.com/bennyhester1) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 20:00, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your feedback

Perhaps Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners will help you...

Lectonar (talk) 08:44, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that you have deep insight into the subjects you're editing, but Wikipedia relies on referenced reliable sources. WOuld you be able to support the information with link to online sources, or even print material like CCM Magazine articles? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2012

Hello Bennyhester. 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.

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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. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 21:28, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I don't particularly like the hedge that Wikipedia has created around conflict of interest, but do agree that it's best to use caution when editing an article about yourself. Supply references when editing and you will be safe. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:14, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

	The Citation Barnstar
	Looks like you wrapped your brain around creating references. Good work. If you need any more help, just drop a {{help}} request here. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:57, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The barnstar shouldn't prevent you from adding new references, and you should place the help template here. What's the reference you're trying to add? If you can't add it here without the <ref> etc., then the URL may be black-listed. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:00, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Benny Hester album, Benny... , 1972.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Benny Hester album, Benny... , 1972.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Benny Hester's album, Benny From Here, 1985.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Benny Hester's album, Benny From Here, 1985.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:30, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Bennyhester", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because usernames which might imply your are a specific identifiable person such as Benny Hester are not allowed per WP:IMPERSONATE unless it is your real name. In the case of the latter, the account still may be temporarily blocked as a precaution until your identity can be verified. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Marchjuly (talk) 04:54, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The user name does not violate the policy as the editor, who has discussed the page with me in a separate forum, is the subject in question. I have monitored the editor's additions to verify that they do not violate COI or other policies. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:28, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine for the editor to use their real name, but it might be a good idea for them to send an email to OTRS verifying such a thing just to avoid a possible precautionary block. Not everyone is privy to the details of your disucssions with this person or even knows where to find such a discussion. An OTRS volunteer can verify any email sent in by this editor and then add {{OTRS identity}} to the user page to show that he has been verified to be Benny Hester.

Since you're monitoring the editor's additions, perhaps you can help advise him that reverting another editor like they did here is generally not considered to be a minor edit, unless it's to revert blatant vandalism. COI editors are allowed encouraged to make only uncontroversial edits to article per WP:COIADVICE, and minor edits are considered to be uncontroversial. Looking at his edit history, he has marked many of his edits as minor even though in some cases they probably weren't. It's probably just a mistake, but any new content (text or image) being added to the article should not be marked as a minor edit. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:11, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I will follow-up with the editor. Just to clarify, I have watched his edits to this articles, not all articles. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:18, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]