User talk:Dgibbs1967

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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.

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If I create a userspace draft of some content I'd like to add to a page, how do I ask Alex Noble or someone else to review it? Dgibbs1967 (talk) 20:58, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dgibbs1967, You can have a page enter the Articles for Creation review queue by adding "{{subst:submit}}" CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 21:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On the other hand, if your userspace draft is for an addition to an existing page, submitting it to the AFC pile will simply annoy the reviewers and get you a decline notice about an 'existing page'. You can use the {{ping|username}} template to notify a user or request their attention to something. And you can place a note on the talk page of the target page with a pointer to your proposed addition to get comments from other interested editors. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:22, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and when you have a conflict of interest with respect to the target page, you need to use the {{edit request}} mechanism on the talk page; you should not make the addition yourself. This is true for almost all of the edits you have ever made to Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]