User talk:Smiler156

WP:MOS advises we should not put direct links to websites in the text. The [http://link link] notation is used mainly on talk pages. Similarly the website of the subject, is not considered WP:RS and should only be used on rare occasions.

I have seen that you are starting to get involved and would like to welcome you on board. If you are unsure of anything, ask on the talk page, or my talk page. You might like to practice a bit setting up your user page- and a subpage User:Smiler156/sandbox. As you will see I have added a large group of photos to commons. Wikipedia doesn't have an article on Circular knitting machines so there is scope for adding a section to knitting machines. Oh there is lots to do, and NIM provides a rich source of ideas and acceptable references if you can get at their documents. --ClemRutter (talk) 18:33, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January 2020

Hello, Smiler156. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:07, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]