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editHello, Neutralviews, 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 reverted for this very reason.
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This is your last warning; the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Marshall Sylver, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. --LongLiveReagan (talk) 19:36, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the info Sarek. I do have a question for either you or LongLive. I don't want to do anything to mess up any pages that have been created and when I go to add information that I think is beneficial and adds to the content of the page how do I ensure it's not looked at as trash or not cited or ref well? I don't want to spend my time trying to add stuff if it's not helping the overall article and I want to make sure that as much info is in the article as possible. I appreciate your help. Neutralviews (talk) 20:02, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
- Glad to help. For starters, only add info to the Marshall Sylver page (or any page) that can be backed up by reliable secondary sources (i.e. not Sylver's bio from his website nor unsourced and false blog postings claiming all charges against Sylver have been "dismissed." Sylver is notorious for posting anonymous messages online which "exonerate" him; they are fraudulent. See here for more info on what is and is not a reliable source. --LongLiveReagan (talk) 21:00, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
See how much better it works when you take it slow and discuss your changes? :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:37, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Yes thank you! Neutralviews (talk) 18:47, 29 March 2011 (UTC)