User talk:Gritfly

February 2017

Hello, I'm CorbieVreccan. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Christina Baker Kline have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 00:33, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm CorbieVreccan. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Christina Baker Kline, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Please note that the verifiability policy mandates that unsourced material that has been challenged, such as by a "fact" tag, or by its removal, may not be added back without a reliable, published source being cited for the content, using an inline citation. The cited source must clearly support the material as presented in the article, and the burden is on the person wishing to keep in the disputed material. So if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so, following these requirements! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 19:23, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CorbieVreccan. Thank you for your help. Sorry for the confusion, I've (obviously) never made edits on Wikipedia. Where is it that I might be able to add the most recently published book for an author, or how may I cite it, so that it sticks?

If you do not have a Conflict of Interest (see below), or if you want to work on articles where you do not have a conflict of interest, you will need to learn about sourcing and identifying reliable sources. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 23:33, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Gritfly. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Christina Baker Kline, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 19:24, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]