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Your Edit to Mali

Hi, I would appreciate if you would not insert material which is not relevant to Mali, such as an Amazon book. Misplaced Pages is not a place to advertise your book. Thanks. miranda 18:17, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Misplaced Pages pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 19:06, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Bhutan

Hi. I moved your response over to the Talk:Bhutan page so that others could see it as well. Hope that's ok with you. Regards. --Regents Park (sink with my stocks) 03:01, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

(I also popped in a welcome message above - since no one has done it as yet. Welcome! --Regents Park (sink with my stocks) 03:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the welcome message, added latest comment to Bhutan article. Didn't notice the signature mark, will include that in the future.

( 69.202.73.21 (talk) 17:13, 4 November 2008 (UTC) )

Third opinion

Hi!

You recently added a listing to WP:Third opinion regarding a dispute you are having with another editor. This listing has been removed (not by me, though I was on my way to remove it).

I'm not convinced that that WP:3O is the best place to deal with your dispute; WP:3O is really for disputes on one article, and it sounds like your dispute spans several articles?

If you haven't already, you should try discussing the matter with the other editor on their talk page.

If you've tried that, then you could maybe try Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette alerts or Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment. You might also want to have a look at Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution to see if there are other avenues you could try. I should stress, though, that you should make every effort to try and resolve this with the other editor first.

Good luck, and feel free to talk to me if you need advice or impartial assistance.

Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 22:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your post to Wikiquette alerts

When adding references to articles, you should be citing specifically the information being referenced from the source. For books, this would include adding page numbers to the pages referenced. Also, when adding books, we don't link them to sales pages, like Amazon.com. Doing such is inappropriate advertising. Including the ISBN will allow readers to locate the book themselves. General references should be avoided. Although you may think one book is a good source of information for a given topic, others may have the same opinion about other books. It would be unreasonable to have reader's favorite books listed as "references" just because they enjoyed reading them. Additionally, linking to someone's website is not an appropriate source unless it meets the requirements of a reliable source and is being used to reference specific information. Otherwise, it is just spamming. لennavecia 17:57, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Re the Wikiquette alert, there appears to be a conflict of interest issue too. I've raised it at WP:COIN#Kira Salak. Standard advice below. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 19:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello, JakeSturm. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Misplaced Pages, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Misplaced Pages:Spam § External link spamming);
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Misplaced Pages:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 19:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC)