CarolClancySilver

Welcome!

Hello, CarolClancySilver, 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 any other 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.

One firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Simplified Manual of Style

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! the panda ₯’ 21:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

CarolClancySilver, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi CarolClancySilver! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! SarahStierch (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:08, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Stop

Carol, you are NOT permitted to have categories on a draft article. I have removed them multiple times, yet you keep re-adding them. Please stop - it's becoming disruptive. It's bad enough that you are violating WP:COI, but you are required to abide by the rules and policies on this private website, and no categories on a draft article is one of them. the panda ₯’ 22:29, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Dangerous Panda, I was under the impression that the Sandbox was for me to practice putting an article together. But you seem so upset with me practicing. How do I practice before setting up a page. In reading the rules it clearly tells you not to "submit the article" until you are ready. And, why are you so mad about my putting in categories? Other pages have them, but I am not clear on when they should be put in the article. Please relax and teach rather than being stern with me. I am looking to participate.User Talk:Carol Silver June 29, 2014

And, Dangerous, Panda, might you please teach me who is permitted to establish an article if not someone who knows true facts about a subject. For clarity purposes, why would somebody who knows facts about someone not be able to create a page? Who are the people putting up these facts? If I would like to start a page about this person, who is the correct person to do so? How would you direct me to get this page up? Many thanks, ~~Carol Silver~~

Hello CarolClancySilver, and thank so much for remaining civil when you were addressed by Dangerous Panda in such a harsh way :) You are correct, your sandbox is for practicing setting articles up, however; categories are not allowed in your sandbox because they add your sandbox to the Wikipedia "live" mainspace categories, where all of the submitted and finished articles are. If you want to practice putting categories in your sandbox, please type them in with an extra colon at the beginning, like this:

[[:Category:Living people]]

This will add the categories to the bottom of the page without adding them to the mainspace category.

As for your question about creating articles about people you are associated with, although it might seem logical at first glance to have people's family, coworkers, and employees write articles about them, this actually creates many problems. Of many, it makes for biased writing style (addressed in WP:COI), causes biographies that really aren't notable enough for Wikipedia to be constructed (WP:BIO), and puts many facts in articles which can't be backed up by reliable sources (WP:V).

The overall reasoning behind having a guideline which (mostly) prevents people from editing/creating articles closely associated with themselves is that if the article subject really is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, someone unrelated to the subject will eventually create the article, based off of reliable sources. Does this answer your question to Dangerous Panda?

One last thing--when you post on talk pages, sign your posts with 4 tides (~~~~). This will produce your username and date. If would like to use something different than your username as your signature, such as your real name (like I do), go to the "Preferences" button next to the "Sandbox" button at the very top of the page. Then, scroll down to the "Signature" section under "User profile" and type what you would like you signature to be in the "Signature" bar. Don't forget to save the page when you're finished! ~ Anastasia (talk) 01:39, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:CarolClancySilver/sandbox

You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

A tag has been placed on User:CarolClancySilver/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising, . Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. 2601:188:0:ABE6:51C7:9B66:649E:53AE (talk) 00:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (October 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MatthewVanitas was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:CarolClancySilver/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
• You can also get Wikipedia's Live Help real-time chat help from experienced editors.

MatthewVanitas (talk) 04:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)