User talk:CoGill

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Welcome. You imply that you have no conflict of interest, yet your first edit is a full biography, and your username is obviously based on his. Please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives, and read the guidance below:


 * Your title is wrong unless Major is actually his name. We have just Bernard Montgomery, so it’s not clear why your man should include his rank.
 * When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.


 * You had no references of any kind, so we can't verify what you claim


 * You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.


 * such as one of the South West’s leading wine growers... established himself as a wine grower... Gradually expanding his acreage,... Gillespie twice won the Gore-Browne Trophy for best wine of the year... a well-known London fine art conservator and restorer.


 * There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.


 * You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.


 * I didn't check, but a text dump without wikilinks, references or formatting looks suspicious

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. If you are writing about yourself, or someone you know as a friend, colleague, client, employer or relative, you have a conflict of interest, and you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:55, 27 April 2023 (UTC)