Jim Garringer

Welcome!

Hello, Jim Garringer, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Lowell Haines, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 20:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Lowell Haines

The article Lowell Haines has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 20:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Lowell Haines for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lowell Haines is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lowell Haines until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 23:08, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Jim Garringer. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Lowell Haines, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
• instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the 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 take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 23:11, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Conflicts of Interest and editing on Wikipedia

Hi Jim, I hope you are well. For obvious reasons creating articles on Wikipedia with a clear WP:COI is a big no-no. For this reason please disclose any paid employment by reading WP:PAID and get to know WP:AFC if you would like to create an article in the future. Best, Nicnote • ask me a question • contributions 23:16, 10 April 2017 (UTC)