User talk:Blokdyk

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spamming store.theartofservice.com
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Jytdog (talk) 05:22, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

hi,

First time ever editor here...I was reading the Information Technology article and saw a link to Gartner, which made me think that I can offer value to in the same spirit with the RACI table.

Do not mean to spam or offend anyone, just add value to the article, with appropriate source, as Gartner does.

How can I do this without the edit marked as being spam?

Thanks, Gerard — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blokdyk (talk • contribs) 05:33, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. When you say "do this", what are you saying you want to do, exactly? (I have removed the Garnter ref, btw) Jytdog (talk) 06:09, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly. I added an Information Technology Self-Assessment RACI table, here's the screenshot of what it is:


 * https://www.dropbox.com/s/pplt90dlhtev7ay/Screenshot%202017-09-16%2015.41.30.png?dl=0


 * What would be the appropriate way to add this, and if needed with the correct source, without spamming.


 * Thanks for your help, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blokdyk (talk • contribs) 06:16, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for replying. Quick note on the logistics of discussing things on Talk pages, which are essential for everything that happens here. In Talk page discussions, we "thread" comments by indenting - when you reply to someone, you put a colon in front of your comment, and the Wikipedia software converts that into an indent when you save your edit; if the other person has indented once, then you indent twice by putting two colons which the WP software converts into two indents, and when that gets ridiculous you reset back to the margin (or "outdent") by putting this in front of your comment. This also allows you to make it clear if you are also responding to something that someone else responded to if there are more than two people in the discussion; in that case you would indent the same amount as the person just above you in the thread.  I hope that all makes sense.
 * When you make a new paragraph, keep the same indenting as your first one, as I did here.
 * And at the end of the comment, please "sign" by typing exactly four (not 3 or 5) tildas "~" which the WP software converts into a date stamp and links to your talk and user pages when you save your edit. That is how we know who said what.  I know this is insanely archaic and unwieldy, but this is the software environment we have to work on. Sorry about that.  Will reply on the substance in a second... Jytdog (talk) 19:36, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


 * OK, so you want to add the table, sourced to that book.  It appears that you are the author of that book, and that this book is self-published. Is this correct? Jytdog (talk) 19:38, 16 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, correct, I'm listed as the author of the Self Assessments for ease of publishing purposes, here's my author profile https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-Blokdyk/e/B075NGW8QQ


 * Full disclosure: I'm the CEO of The Art of Service, the management consultancy that develops the Self Assessments https://store.theartofservice.com and where the RACI table I added to the Information Technology page was developed. The citation link does not link to the book, but to the Self Assessment itself, which is at store.theartofservice.com


 * What's most important to me is that I want to avoid any hint of self promotion while, if possible, being able to share the research with appropriate citation. What is the right way to do this?


 * Ps...hope I got the indenting and tildas right, thanks for the lesson!Blokdyk (talk) 03:57, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You nailed it and I appreciate your engagement with the norms, and your simple and straightforward disclosure.
 * What we recommend that folks do, when they want to make an edit where they have a conflict of interest, is to post it on the article talk page and ask others to review and implement it. So you can take that exact post you made, and put it on the talk page, and ask.  If you like, I can do that for you so you can see the way to do it.. Jytdog (talk) 04:36, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * btw, for an orientation to Wikipedia as condensed as I can make it, you can see User:Jytdog/How if you like. I will also post our standard welcome message above which also provides orientation. Jytdog (talk) 04:37, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Ah yes please, that makes total sense, if you could post it on the talk page (how do I get to the talk page...?) please, so I can see how to do this in the future would be great. Can you get the code for the table I made? Now going to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jytdog/How ..... Blokdyk (talk) 04:58, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Just found the talk page, it's the second tab duh... looking forward to seeing how to ask for feedback on the proposed edit there, thanks so much.
 * ✅, it is here. Jytdog (talk) 05:29, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Wonderful, thank you so much for your help, much appreciated. Blokdyk (talk) 05:50, 17 September 2017 (UTC)