User talk:Grandma Moe

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Hello, Grandma Moe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, like Nina Pierpont, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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AfD nomination of Nina Pierpont

I have nominated Nina Pierpont, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nina Pierpont. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Drawn Some (talk) 19:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

coi

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. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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. Drawn Some (talk) 03:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC) And CanWEA who has written most of everything else on wind power, who is a lobby group in this purely for financial reason, DOESN'T have a conflict of interest?? I have no financial ties to wind power. I do, however, know people who are suffering terribly because the government has allowed irresponsible placement of these turbines too close to family homes.[reply]

Hi, please let me know if you have any evidence that CanWEA have been editing articles related to wind power and I will happily investigate. Thanks Smartse (talk) 12:56, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 13:43, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The information throughout this entire site grossly exaggerating the benefits and ignoring or blatantly lying about the negatives of wind power's impact on the environment are taken "word for word" from CanWEA literature/brochures all throughout Wikipedia. CanWEA is not an environmental nor a benevolent, socially-conscious organization. It is an industry lobby organization whose sole purpose is financial in nature. It is absolutely ridiculous some of things posted and would take months to find it all. No backup to their claims. Dismissing all concerns. How can I prove it was CanWEA who physically made the edits? Grandma Moe (talk) 14:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By looking at the "history" section of any page. e.g. [1] this one for Wind power. I've had a look myself but can't see anything obvious. If you can provide examples of information that has been copied "word for word" from CanWEA literature/brochures I will remove it as it will be a violation of copyright. Can you do so? Smartse (talk) 14:10, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I certainly will.Grandma Moe (talk) 15:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppets

Hi, please note that using multiple accounts to make it appear that there is widespread support for your view is strongly dealt with and will result in accounts being blocked, see Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry. Your username is under investigation at the following noticeboard: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Grandma_Moe#Suspected_sockpuppets_of__User:Grandma_Moe You are welcome to defend yourself. Smartse (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is absurd! I don't have multiple accounts. What is with you people? Grandma Moe (talk) 19:45, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We just need to check. It seems suspicous to people when editors appear and only comment on the deletion of one article. If you haven't done anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Remember that there is no "you people" on wikipedia - we're totally unconnected individuals around the world that wish to create a quality encyclopedia. Ensuring that articles are notable and that there are suitable reliable sources is an extremely important part of that. Please let me know if you find any of the COI information that we discussed before. Smartse (talk) 00:27, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No need. I have blocked all of those accounts because, whether they are yours or not, their sole purpose is to comment in AfDs. I believe your story, but gathering friends to vote-stack an AfD is not acceptable. Please do not so so again or your account may be blocked as well. Thank you, PeterSymonds (talk) 09:19, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]