Zentalon

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Meelar (talk) 07:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Darcy Burner

Zentalon, thanks for uploading the picture of Darcy Burner. I've spent a lot of time to update Randy Gordon and Dave Reichert's wiki pages. I was planning on spending time to research Darcy's page better next. I would love to have your help in updating Darcy's page and reviewing the other two.

Thanks, Kgrr 03:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Dburner wiki portrait.jpg

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Collaborating on Wikipedia

Hi. I appreciate your keeping an eye on articles and trying to make sure that content is proper, but I wanted to drop by to discuss your edit summary here, just to let you know that you should not refer to edits by other editors as vandalism unless they fit the narrow definition of vandalism in use on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Vandalism. Of course, Wikipedians don't always agree with one another. It's probably for the better that we don't, since one of the ways we work to ensure unbiased content (to the best of our ability) is checking each other's biases. :) But in order for our project to continue to function, we have to treat one another collegially and with respect. For this reason, we are required by policy to assume good faith about the behavior of others, pending clear evidence of intentional disruption, and we are required to speak civilly to one another in all cases. In a situation like this, it is consistent with those policies to explain on your reversion why you disagree, but seldom to accuse others of intentionally bad behavior. Please keep that in mind next time you encounter an edit you disagree with. Thanks. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012

Hello, Zentalon. 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 Darcy Burner, 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. This Seattle Times blog post http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/07/10/wikipedia-editing-war-on-darcy-burners-page/ identifies you as Darcy Burner. If this is correct, please make sure that you understand our conflict of interest policies. Your best bet is to bring your concerns about the article to the talk page rather than to edit the article directly. I will ask other experienced editors to keep an eye on the article to help with potential issues. GabrielF (talk) 02:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)