User talk:ChrisOliver

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 08:58, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Removing warnings from your talk page

You are allowed to do this. You are also allowed to blank your talk page if you wish. El_C 09:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Using Edit summaries

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

Edit summary content is visible in:

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! El_C 09:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Please join the discussion on the article talk page

Talk:Royal Guernsey Light Infantry. El_C 09:17, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

I have temporarily protected this article now. Please read the links that have been provided in relation to conflicts of interest. If you have suggestions about changes to the article, please provide them on the talk page of the article rather than continuing to revert other editors on the article itself. That way other editors who do not have a conflict of interest can decide through consensus about whether or not the changes should be made. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

I had this under control, AustralianRupert. We don't usually protect due to just one user. If need be, we issue blocks. El_C 11:36, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

What went wrong?

So, I realise all the comments may seem a bit much but try to power through them. Basically, other editors seem to feel that your additions are promotional in nature. The onus, then, is on you to convince them otherwise on the article talk page. But you need to start participating in the discussion, and please refrain from edit warring in the meantime. You may also wish to review our 5 pillars to better orient yourself as to how Wikipedia operates. El_C 09:34, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Addendum: I'm now also told you may have a conflict of interest pertaining to the article in question. Please take the time to review our conflict of interest policy carefully, as it may place restrictions on you. Specifically, restrictions on being allowed to edit the article due to being too closely involved with it. You, however, are encouraged to make suggestions on improving the article on the article talk page. That's always welcomed. El_C 09:48, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello, ChrisOliver. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, 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:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
• instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

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. (Following on from the suggestion from El_C that the more appropriate way to address the root of the issue regarding the edits you've been making is via the Conflict Of Interest policy)

Draft:Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 21:03, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust

Hello, ChrisOliver. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. G13 account of Linguist111 (talk) 19:21, 15 November 2017 (UTC)