User talk:Eliza Fyfe

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Hello, Eliza Fyfe, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Virtual choir, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Problems about Virtual choir
Hallo Eliza and welcome to Wikipedia. Your "Choirantine" sounds great fun - I'd have a look into it if I wasn't busy rehearsing with Ben England and the Self-Isolation Choir, as well as some zoom rehearsals for my conventional choir.

But there are two problems with your edits (well, yours and those of an unregistered editor earlier, who might have been yourself before you created your account).

1: Conflict of Interest: as explained above, you should not edit about yourself, your projects, etc. It's seen as possibly self-promotional, difficult to have a "Neutral point of view", etc. It's a common problem, as people are used to sites like Facebook where anyone can promote anything, but this, being an encyclopedia, is different. If you or what you are involved in is truly "notable" in WP terms, someone else will write about you/it. WP:AUTO goes into more detail.

2: Linking to Facebook - it's not considered a Reliable Source and a "bot" is programmed to revert any series of edits which includes links to FB, and a few other similar social media sites. This is what happened to the article when an "IP editor" (ie someone not logged on) edited it last night, and the bot reverted those edits early this morning.

There's a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia and it's a really interesting journey, so I hope you'll stay around and edit other articles. Best wishes, happy singing, and stay safe in these weird times. Pam D  15:27, 14 October 2020 (UTC)