TimSlavin

June 2013

Hello, TimSlavin. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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. MrOllie (talk) 23:12, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Mr. Ollie, I'm confused: is this message for me? Is it related to my comment on the WAMP Comparison page earlier today? If so, I have zero affiliations or conflicts of interest with any WAMP vendor. Indeed, I'm a writer/journalist for two sites I control, one ReachCustomersOnline.com is about to go defunct while the other is a new monthly magazine I'm launching in August 2013. In this case, I'm writing an article about how to install all in one software packages like XAMPP, WAMP, LAMP, MAMP. I'm looking for all possible vendors so my article can reflect the best options. Indeed, I wish Wikipedia covered this category of software (it's more than WAMP) and had a neutral comparison chart. Let me know if I'm the issue or if I got this inadvertently. I can tell you, if I'm the issue, there is no issue. I'm neutral and simply writing about the software space. Thx. TimSlavin (talk) 02:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

It's related to your linking of your own site on the Editorial caldendar article, and to your edits on the article for Monica Rich Kosann. - MrOllie (talk) 11:33, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I've not worked for that client since 2011 (MRK). The editorial calendar article I linked to, at the time at least, was the most comprehensive article on the topic. Plus I deliberately linked to other resources that addressed pieces of the editorial calendar puzzle, for example, using paper instead of spreadsheets and people who did videos. My article was comprehensive not least because I read every article on the topic, the first 8-10 pages of Google search results, and incorporated the best of what I found with links to these resources. Most people, I found, wrote about editorial calendars as link bait (worst case) or to note something they encountered on the topic (best case). Let me know if somehow I'm a threat to humanity. 8-) Thanks for clarifying. TimSlavin (talk) 22:55, 1 July 2013 (UTC)