Diogenes949

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We're so glad you're here! Epeefleche (talk) 07:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding sources

Welcome to Wikipedia. I think you should read the article on reliable sources. Also, you need to cite your sources in the article, instead of just saying in the comment field that you have sources. To do this, you just put in (ref)book or journal name, hosted on website, p. 1-23(/ref) after what you need a source for, using > instead of ) and < instead of (. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:53, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for adding that Grimm is a bull terrier. I wikilinked that to the article Mother Goose and Grimm. That later article did not mention that he's a bull terrier, so I also added that fact with a footnote including one reference you cited. Take a look at those edits, which may help you in the future. Welcome. Ecphora (talk) 16:09, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of interest; signing your posts

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article James Brown (author), you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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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 20:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article William Bradford (Plymouth governor), you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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 20:09, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Part of the reason that your additions to pages of your ancestors were removed was because they weren't cited. Had you not mentioned that they were your ancestors, in some cases, they might have remained longer, but because you had mentioned that htey were your ancestors, we were required to call into question the source (nothing personal). You can re-add the info, but it must be well sourced. Also, when Orangemike made reference to "your organization," that is just a premade form that is used to cover the most amount of ground for often repeated occurances in the least amount of code (it's really stuff like {{subst:uw-coi}} ~~~~). As for professors not allowing Wikipedia to be cited, much of the site is not stable. New information is added, old information removed and re-added. We are also only a summary of scholarly research, not the actual scholarly research. You are welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia, but remember that we do not offer praise, we only report other's praise and criticism. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:22, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Editor's Assistance/Requests

Hi, you posted at the project talk page so I tookthen liberty of moving your post to the requests noticeboard at {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests#Change_an_illustration]. Cheers. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)