User talk:AirplaneMood

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Nitobe
Hi there! I wanted to come by and explain why i modified a couple of the edits you made at the Garden, mostly so you understand and don't feel bad in any way. First, however, i just feel the need to ask if you have any connexion with Nitobe, as that is the only article you have edited, and you added at least one of your own images to it; if you have, that would be what we call a conflict of interest, or COI, about which there are some pretty strict guidelines. If you look here, you will find some guidance; my best suggestion would be to make suggestions for edits on the talk page, which may well be acted upon by others (myself, for one, as i watch the page [means i see changes made to it]), and no question of a problematic COI can then arise. As far as the modifications i made ~ i feel (and it is just mine opinion) that the previous picture of the lantern was better, so i changed it back; the new one seemed to tower over the page, which may be simply because you made it quite a bit bigger. The photo of the entrance fees was probably not really fitting for an encyclopaedia ~ you probably wouldn't expect to see such a picture at, for example, the article on the CN Tower, just so it's not really fitting here, either. Please don't be disheartened by these changes; this process of change and addition and revision is how all this great project has been constructed. If i can help in any way, please give me a shout, either here (i'll be watching this page for a few weeks at least) or on my talk page, where you will be welcome. In any event, as i said in the message in the above section: Welcome! Happy days, ~ LindsayHello 18:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Lindsay,
 * These are all great changes and I appreciate you taking the time to modify them to a more presentable matter. This edit is a required assignment conducted at an Asian Studies course at UBC (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, where the Gardens are), and I chose Nitobe as a local article that could use an update. I have no other affiliation with them. Thanks! AirplaneMood (talk) 18:34, 17 April 2024 (UTC)