User talk:Jgarant

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 12:38, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 2015

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Industrial computed tomography. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion, so any further spamming will be regarded as vandalism. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Alexf^(talk) 14:55, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In response to August 2015

Alexf, it is unfortunate that you believe I was in attempts of spamming the Industrial Computed Tomography page. I understand there is a no follow policy, thus providing me with no incentive to advertise or promote. I was editing an already existing reference on the page because it was leading to a broken link. It had been live on this wikipedia page for roughly 4 years. Please let me know how I can proceed in fixing this error as the appropriate reference has been removed altogether. I am new to wikipedia, therefore, I am not a 100% sure about most policies, however, I believe I made no mistake in editing a broken link to redirect the same page that is live. Thank you in advance for highlighting my errors and please help me move forward in fixing them. I thank you in advance for your time and efforts, Alexf! - jgarant

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Jgarant. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship 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.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

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.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

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. Theroadislong (talk) 16:33, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, Jgarant. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:43, 10 August 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]