User talk:Etarone

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Etarone! I am Mr. Stradivarius and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome! — Mr. Stradivarius  ( drop me a line ) 15:18, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
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Editing the article about yourself
Hello E Tarone. Thanks for diving in and contributing to Wikipedia. I note that you've updated a few linguistics articles including the one that appears to be about yourself. You may be unaware that Wikipedia has some guidelines about conflicts of interest. Here's one excerpt:

"You should generally refrain from creating articles about yourself, or anyone you know... If you have a personal connection to a topic or person, you are advised to refrain from editing those articles directly and to provide full disclosure of the connection if you comment about the article on talk pages or in other discussions."

There are separate guidelines specifically about Wikipedia:Autobiography:

"Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy."

The section "If Wikipedia already has an article about you" is of particular relevance. Basically, you probably shouldn't edit the Elaine Tarone article unless you're fixing vandalism or correcting some gross factual error. Beyond that, you're welcome to edit Wikipedia articles; just avoid things that might be seen as self-promotion and focus on stuff that improves the encyclopedia's coverage. If the best source to cite for a particular piece of info is one of your own work's that fine, but WP:SELFCITE has some guidance.

You probably won't be surprised that this is all as much about the appearance of a conflict as it is about actual conflicts. Have a read through the guidelines when you get a chance, and if you have questions, post them at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard or Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard.

Cheers. Rupert Clayton (talk) 01:47, 21 February 2019 (UTC)