User talk:Skipper115

Hello, Skipper115, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Skipper115 – Motacilla (talk) 13:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Sutton Wick and Little Baldon air crashes

Thankyou for updating the Sutton Wick air crash and Little Baldon air crash articles! You may be disappointed that I have reverted your additions in each case. One reason in both cases is that Wikipedia insists on the citing sources for all material.

In the case of Little Baldon there is an additional reason that Wikipedia has to be written from a neutral point of view. "NPOV", as it is called, is one of the "Five pillars of Wikipedia": the core principles on which the project is founded. Nearly everyone may agree that these crashes were "awful events" and a "tragic incident". But NPOV means that in order to be an encyclopædia we let the facts speak for themselves. We don't add our opinions, even if almost everyone would agree with them.

Also, appealing for help with a project outside Wikipedia can be construed as advertising, which Wikipedia does not allow. And the language has to be encyclopædic. If "Memorial 'Mob'" is the formal title of the team organising the monuments, a source needs to be cited for that. But if that group has a more formal name or no name, "Mob" is probably inappropriate.

All the above may seem onerous, but each principle helps to improve Wikipedia as an encyclopædia. New monuments for both crashes, even if still in the development stage, can certainly be added to each article. But please cite your sources, and include either links to online sources or details of printed publications. Wikipedia's way of formatting citations is a whole topic in itself, but there are links in the information panel above that are meant to help.

I have done a lot to expand and refine the Sutton Wick air crash and Little Baldon air crash articles, including getting copies of original material from the Oxford Mail. I am here to help if you want. Best wishes, Motacilla (talk) 13:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Re: Help with article requested

Hello, Skipper115. 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 Marchjuly (talk) 01:52, 21 April 2016 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Hi Iain. You accidentally placed your request ""Article for inclusion - The Memorial 'Mob'" on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, which is a place editors go to discuss issues (problems) requiring the attention of administrators and not for asking general questions about editing. An administrator named Drmies moved your post to Wikipedia:Teahouse whicb is more suited to handle these types of questions. I have answered your question, but you'll probably get replies from others as well. Just click on the blue "Teahouse Q&A board" link in the above template, and it should take you right to your post. Also, please try to remember to sign any replies you might make so that the other editors can see who is posting. You can sign your name Iain if you like, but you should also use the four tildes. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:52, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello, Skipper115. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
• instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or 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 familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:24, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

By the way, this very much does apply to non-profits as well as for-profit situations; please read this article. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:24, 23 April 2016 (UTC)