User talk:Bobgoestopie

January 2014
Hello, I'm Dwpaul. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living person   on Andrew Migliore, but that you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ''Please note that in general, references should be placed inline with (after) the statements they pertain to. They never go at the top of the article, replacing a maintenance template, as in your recent edit. Also, the reference you provided was to the index page of a site, not to specific information on this subject, so is not usable as a reference.''  Dwpaul  Talk   22:40, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Bobgoestopie. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Andrew Migliore, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.  Dwpaul  Talk   22:53, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * N.B. - I appreciate that you say you live in your father's house so have personal knowledge of the facts. Unfortunately, anyone can say that, even if it's false, and introduce false and even libelous information.  We require that all information on living persons, especially info of a personal nature such as family members' names and places of employment, include citations of reliable sources.  See WP:BLP. If you don't have such sources, you should not introduce the information here on Wikipedia.  Dwpaul   Talk   22:58, 17 January 2014 (UTC)