User talk:CheckingFacts4590

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, CheckingFacts4590. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Samuel Colt, 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:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
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 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. Loafiewa (talk) 03:51, 4 December 2022 (UTC)


 * All the characters whose entries I added to are long dead. I have no relationship with their descendants or their companies. I see no conflict of interest. The book I added as a reference is one I wrote, which those reading the entries might find a useful source of further information on the subjects that brought them to Wikipedia. CheckingFacts4590 (talk) 04:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * There is a conflict of interest if you are adding links to a book you have written. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Loafiewa (talk) 04:10, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok. How are books added as references? CheckingFacts4590 (talk) 04:16, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You can read WP:CITE for a guide on how to cite sources, but it doesn't make any difference whether it's added as a reference or as part of a further reading section, if you keep on adding links to a work you have a COI with, then you'll most likely get your account blocked. Loafiewa (talk) 04:25, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood. I assume I can add other authors' works to entries' bibliographies. For example, Jim Rasenberger's masterful 2021 biography of Samuel Colt should be represented in Colt's article. CheckingFacts4590 (talk) 14:35, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Only if you do not have a personal or financial connection to the author in question. Loafiewa (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it. Thanks. CheckingFacts4590 (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2022 (UTC)