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Neutral point of view needed on Philip K. Dick
Hi Barry,

I'm responding here and on my talk page - I'm unsure if you are following the conversation there. First of all, welcome again, and thanks for writing me about this question. The problem with your contribution to the Dick page was that 1) you wrote about yourself and 2) you added a non-notable item to the list of adaptations.

Wikipedia has strict notability requirements for articles themselves and for additional information included on those articles there are further requirements that they not be self-serving or promotional or have any other conflict of interest or non-neutral point of view. Information about all of these can be found in the links generated in my previous welcome message.

As you have identified yourself as the same individual who recorded these radio dramas there is an inherent conflict of interest there as you are not neutrally included this info but serving yourself. This isn't ipso facto a problem, but the additional rub is that these radio dramas which you recorded are not notable either. If Ridley Scott were to make an account to add Blade Runner to the list, that would also prompt warnings that the editor should disclose they have a conflict of interest and eschew writing/editing subjects close to them personally. So it's a combination of writing about yourself and also including a non-notable adaptation that was the problem which prompted me to undo your edit.

Let me know if you have any other questions, and please don't be discouraged from being bold and making further edits elsewhere, JesseRafe (talk) 17:03, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
Hello, Bmputt. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --Yamla (talk) 15:23, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Spam
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March 2021
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did at Kris Kristofferson, you may be blocked from editing. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. Bahooka (talk) 20:32, 1 March 2021 (UTC)