Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Themfromspace (talk) 05:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I disagree with the above message. There is potential for a conflict of interest with your edits, under the likely assumption that you have a connection with the Foundation, but I think your edits so far have been reasonable. You might like to comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Artsfoundation.-gadfium09:04, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your interest in my edits. Yes I do work for the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and we would like to share the research we have done on the artists we have given awards to. Each artist we award and celebrate is given a profile page, containing bibliographic information, on our website. We maintain these pages through direct contact with the artist. It is not viable for us to duplicate this large amount of information on Wikipedia and keep it up to date. This is the reason I have added an external link to the specific profile page of the artist on our website. Thank you for your consideration of this, we would welcome any suggestions for improvement.Artsfounation (talk) 21:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For starters you might stop distorting articles by deleting material which provides balance but which apparently doesn't accord with your provincial outlook or shill agenda. Example: your deletion of the published criticism of the work of Miles Warren in his entry 23 December 2008 to accord with the publication of his biography by Canterbury University. The deletion has been reversed. Engleham (talk) 07:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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