User talk:Dgaines2000

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Hello, Dgaines2000, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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.

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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! —C.Fred (talk) 22:16, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on this message: it is highly unusual for an individual to show up and, as their first edit, to complain that an entire article violates WP:BLP. This suggests some combination of prior familiarity with Wikipedia or being recruited by the subject to try to get the article taken down. I've addressed the reasons why the article does not appear to violate BLP at WP:BLPN, where you placed your request. I've taken my concerns about your new single-purpose account to your talk page.

It is, of course, possible that this just happens to be the issue that you felt so strongly about that it drove you to join. There's nothing wrong with that, and I'm willing to assume good faith that this is the case. However, it would also indicate that you need to give a good re-read to the BLP policies to make sure that the violation you perceive really is there. Frankly, I don't see the article as being so tainted on the whole; I do see where that would be a convenient way for the subject to try to get the article removed. Bear in mind that I'm far from the only editor who would have the same read on the situation. —C.Fred (talk) 22:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

C.Fred -- Kindly do not make assumptions that I am being recruited by a subject. I am not.

Thank you. Dgaines2000 (talk) 23:22, 25 July 2018 (UTC) (moved from User talk:C.Fred to keep thread intact)[reply]

As I noted, I am assuming that you have no conflict until there's convincing evidence that you do. As I indicated, your conduct will certainly raise the question in some editors' minds. So, that uncertainty is out of the way and won't be hovering in the background.

Also, to reply, you can just type your message here. You can add {{subst:mention|C.Fred}} at the start of your message; as long as you sign the message, I will get pinged that you have left a reply to me. —C.Fred (talk) 00:27, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]