User talk:Alan Tarr

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Hello, Alan Tarr, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page VG-10, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see: If you still have questions, there is a new contributors' help page, or you can. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia: I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! —S MALL JIM   22:39, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Thanks for your note. I am unfamiliar with your processes.  All I tried to do was inform people that scissors were made of VG-10.  I followed the format of the statement above the line I added.  I would like some help in getting the form right.  Thanks for helping. Alan Tarr (talk) 22:55, 10 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Alan. As you see from the template message that I posted above, Wikipedia (WP) has a lot of complex rules (that's just a selection!). The one that prohibits advertising of any sort is central to what WP stands for; and seeing what you've added to your user page, I get the impression that that might be a problem for you. But... as long as you are only here to help build the encyclopedia, and not promote anything (including yourself!), all will be well. You might find the one-page summary at WP:BASICS helpful.
 * Regarding your edit to VG-10, it prompted me to copyedit the whole article so that it adheres more closely to our standards.
 * If you have more questions, you could ask me here – I'll watch this page for a while – or alternatively you might find the Teahouse useful: it's where volunteers specialise in helping new editors (I mostly deal with vandalism these days and I'm signing off shortly as it's late here in the UK). I hope this helps. —S MALL  JIM   23:32, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for your reply. My interest here is to inform people that VG-10 is one of the two steels for the production of top quality hair cutting scissors.  It is used extensively by many top manufacturers.  Also, it is not only produced in Japan.  With the high volume of VG-10 shears on the market, I think Wikipedia should help to educate the users. I shall bravely try again and see if I can contribute something within your standards.  ≈≈≈≈
 * I see. Please read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, and ensure you understand it before you consider making any edits. Thanks. —S MALL  JIM   00:08, 11 March 2016 (UTC)