Rabbimarkglickman

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Hello, Rabbimarkglickman, 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.

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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! Dl2000 (talk) 22:34, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

February 2016

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Stefan Reif. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 22:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Further to Stefan Reif

Thank you for your reply. It seems you are not in a direct conflict with Stefan Reif, but there could still be concerns about the addition of a reference which you have written. This does not seem to be clearly a problem with WP:REFSPAM, but you should take some time to carefully review some of the policies involving WP:SPAM and WP:COI.

Adding more detail to articles is welcome, but there were clearly wording problems with the nature of some of the text that was added. The "Major Achievements" section for example, contained some opinionated statements which resemble a promotion and in any case not in keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy e.g. "major literary treasure" ... "revolutionised the understanding of medieval Jewish life" ... "researchers who later made outstanding academic careers". The prose used in Wikipedia articles needs to be as neutral as feasibly possible, therefore sections like Major Achievements would need to be rewritten accordingly. Also, be careful about adding verbatim passages from works as this involves major Wikipedia policies about copyright and free-licenced text. Hope this addresses the concerns more clearly. Dl2000 (talk) 23:37, 15 February 2016 (UTC)