Arianakmacpherson

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Hello, Arianakmacpherson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice 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.

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June 2013

Your addition to Slum Dwellers International has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. MER-C 12:31, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Arianakmacpherson. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Slum Dwellers International, 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.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• 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.

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. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:34, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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June 2013

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Slum Dwellers International may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s and 1 "[]"s and 1 "{}"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

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• Enumeration & Mapping: Within communities, activities like enumeration {household-to-household socio-economic surveys) & mapping create space for communities to identify developmental priorities, organize leadership,

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 14:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Help w/conflict of interest!

Hi there!

Thanks for your message. Like you said I am closely connected to SDI and have been tasked with writing their Wikipedia page. I would like to be able to do this in a way that is in compliance w/Wikipedia's policies. Any help would be much appreciated! I have drafted some new material for the SDI Wikipedia page. Perhaps an editor could review it before it is deleted again?

- Ariana

I have reverted your most recent edits as none of what you added was encyclopedic. Please use the article's talk page to suggest changes, supported by reliable, third party sources.--ukexpat (talk) 02:49, 25 June 2013 (UTC)