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Buster Seven Talk 16:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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Welcome!

Hello, Pamelacortland, 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. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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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! ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:26, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

• Hi! I found evidence of a possible COI - something to take into consideration is that you can definitely still edit, you just have to be careful to follow guidelines, is all. Here are some notes I have for you: (You may also want to check out these brochures on editing articles on biographies and books.)

1. Avoid putting quotes sections in articles, like you did with Wright's page. Wikiquote is the place to go for basic lists of quotes. However I do need to warn you against something- these look to be general book blurbs. If you're who I think you are, I'm pretty sure that you're familiar with them but just in case, I'll define them. Book blurbs are short quotes solicited from specific people with the intent to put them on a book jacket to help publicize and sell the novel. They're typically anywhere from 1-2 sentences long and aren't taken from full reviews from the book. These are seen as far too short to be considered reviews as far as Wikipedia is considered and because they are directly solicited from the blurb writers, they're seen as inherently promotional and shouldn't be added to an article.
2. The articles need more sourcing to help back up claims and establish notability. An example of this is Wright. While he does seem to be obviously notable, the article needs more sourcing, especially from places that are writing about him but aren't by him or by someone affiliated with him, like say an employer or publisher. It's especially important for major claims to be backed up, such as the 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction claim.
3. As stated above, make sure that you disclose any potential conflict of interest. A good way to do this is to have a note on your user page and to also post a note on the article's talk page. The latter can be done with a template like Template:Connected contributor and you can see an example of this on the talk page for the Library of Virginia.

I hope that this doesn't scare you off or anything - I just want to make sure that you're aware of this. I can see where you're trying to be neutral, so I just want to make sure that you have your best foot forward. I think it'd be a good idea to go through training modules like WP:ADVENTURE or similar, to make sure that you're up on the general guidelines. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:39, 22 February 2019 (UTC)