User talk:KenPenders

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Hello, KenPenders, 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.

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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! wizzito | say hello! 07:38, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Not editing the article directly

Given you claim to be the Ken Penders the article is about, you are advised to A) declare that on your User page, and B) not edit the article directly. Instead, per policies atWP:COI, you are to propose changes on the Talk page of the article and request that a non-involved editor look at your proposed changes and decide to implement or not. All proposed changes require properly formated references. David notMD (talk) 09:05, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons #Dealing with articles about yourself and Wikipedia:Autobiography #Problems in an article about you for more information. David notMD (talk) 09:12, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Borrowing this from a Teahouse host: "Please understand that Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources." David notMD (talk) 15:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

Hi KenPenders! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Ken Penders, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still read the archived discussion. If you have follow-up questions, please . See also the help page about the archival process. The archival was done by Lowercase sigmabot III, and this notification was delivered by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} on top of the current page (your user talk page). Muninnbot (talk) 19:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)