LauraStockdale

Welcome!

Hello LauraStockdale, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 07:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Tim Stockdale. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 07:47, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Tim Stockdale with this edit, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 07:51, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, LauraStockdale. 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 Tim Stockdale, 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. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 08:01, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, LauraStockdale. You have new messages at MelbourneStar's talk page.
Message added 08:25, 7 July 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 08:25, 7 July 2012 (UTC)