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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is COI addition at multiple articles. Thank you. AussieLegend (✉) 17:58, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

May 2017

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June 2017

Hello, George Fergus. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

While there are links to epguides.com in some Wikipedia articles, because you are the creator of the site, when you add those same links it is likely to be seen as a conflict of interest. Please see the section on advertising and conflicts of interest here. I encourage you to find another way to contribute to Wikipedia. Thanks, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 14:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, I discovered that someone had created a template here for generating an external link to my website, and the template's description said something about it being "underused". I now realize that I misunderstood what this meant. Mea culpa.George Fergus (talk) 17:49, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm glad you understand. It's an uncommon situation in conflict of interest, but occasionally arises. A comparable example might be a researcher adding references to her journal articles or books, appropriately cited, all ducks in a row, the same works I or another anonymous editor might include. Yet because she added her own work, it's problematic.

Neutrality's important here: It's one of the Five Pillars of Wikipedia. So when a possible conflict of interest comes up, or an article becomes slanted in a particular way, we take it seriously.

I hope you can find another area of Wikipedia that interests you. This place is huge, and there are all sorts of things going on that require different skills, knowledge, and inclinations. The hosts of the Teahouse are quite welcoming and may have some suggestions should you want them. If you have any questions for me, you can get my attention by including {{u|BlackcurrantTea}} in a post that you sign with the four tildes (this works with most editor's names - a few have notifications turned off), or by posting on my talk page. Good luck! BlackcurrantTea (talk) 03:59, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Hannah Swensen Mysteries has been accepted

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