User talk:104.195.156.43

Hello, 104.195.156.43. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Regan Russell, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 23:13, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Regan Russell
Hey, Joshua Powell, is that right? I wanted to respond to some of your comments on the page that is about the death of your stepmother. First, my condolences. I am so sorry she died that way.

You did the right thing by going to the article talk to try to work things out. While we understand that sometimes editors with a strong connection to an article (we call that a conflict of interest are frustrated and angry about things they see in the article, it's also true that we're all volunteers here, and when someone comes in red hot, they often get ignored. I know that seems unfair. I'd like to help.

The first thing I'd recommend is that you register an account here. That makes communication so much easier because it means we can easily notify you when someone has responded. It's fast, free, and easy to register, I think it's top right on most devices.

Then, go back to the article talk and open a new section and make an edit request. The most useful edit requests are formatted like this:

Please change "(whichever sentence you think needs to be changed)" to "(what you want it changed to)" based on (link to a reliable source that supports your requested change), which says "quote from that source that directly and unambiguously supports the change).

It's best to make a single and simple edit request at a time. We're all volunteers, and while we want to get this right, it's easiest for us to have a clear single objective. Once you get the first edit request answered, you can open a second one, etc.

There is information about what constitutes a reliable source at this link: Reliable sources.

Feel free to ask questions at the WP:Teahouse, which is a help desk for new editors. —valereee (talk) 13:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)