User talk:Santasebastian
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Hello, Santasebastian, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Yngwie Malmsteen, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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ANI notice[edit]
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. - Mlpearc (open channel) 22:28, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I'm Dennis, an administrator around here. Someone mentioned you in a discussion at WP:ANI. I noticed you made some changes to Yngwie's article claiming to be on behalf of management and such. This is what we call having a conflict of interest. That said, many people with a conflict of interest are very helpful around here and you can be as well, but you probably don't understand our policies on adding material. For instance, simply saying you are making the change on behalf of Yngwie is insufficient. We don't know you, you could be anyone, on the internet, no one knows if you are a dog. Instead, we require that changes to information be backed by reliable sources. His website, a news article, some kind of reference. Adding them can be tricky for new users, so the best thing to do is NOT edit the article and instead click on the "Talk" tab when you go to the article and add the information there at the bottom, then let someone else work it in. Lot of Yngwie fans here (myself included) so it won't take long to get updated. Refusing to do this and just adding it back again and again (you haven't done this, but it is common with COI editors) will just end up getting you blocked, so just don't. We *want* new info, we just need it to be sourced to a reliable website. If you will follow my advice, I think you will find it is the fastest and most drama free way to get updates on articles. Give us the facts, and type in a link to the website backing up the claim, easy enough. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 22:29, 2 June 2017 (UTC)