User talk:Front of Yonge

Help me
I am requesting help to learn if there are any further steps I should take in order to fully comply with Wikipedia's regulations, as well as to provide you with details of what my intentions are.

I left the original message below and have sent in a request for a username change, and intend to submit drafts before submitting a page edit. I am currently working in Front of Yonge and wanted to provide more information to better represent the area, as well as other surrounding area.

It is not my intention to offer bias, untrue information, just to better highlight the area aside from Stats Canada information. I do intend to further edit this page with relevant details with the necessary links and citation without overloading it. Primarily, I would like to include what can be found in the Township that makes it unique (national park and historical sites) and eliminate/alter the Communities, Mallorytown, and Mallorytown Landing sections. Front of Yonge (talk) 16:23, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello, FoY! Frankly, I don't see a conflict of interest if you live and work in Front of Yonge.  I add material to my home town on occasion, and I have corrected some errors in that page.  Yes, when other contributors deem it necessary, I provide reliable sources for any information I add, and because I live there, I am able to provide accurate and precise info.  Now, if you actually work for the city government, there may indeed be a CoI; however, if you merely live there, then that constitutes your status as an expert.


 * Having said that, you will want to avoid "flowery" descriptions that sound too much like an advertisement, as if your main objective is to draw tourists. I live in a "tourist trap" town and still have found it easy to write objectively about my area.  As for your username, yes it would be wise to modify it so you don't look as if you are the Mayor of the area.  One can attain anonymity without looking as if one is in advertising.  Also, while it's important to follow the rules of grammar, if you do make such errors, other contributors will come along and copyedit the text.  Only you know best if you have a conflict of interest with the article Front of Yonge, Ontario.  Let me advise you to read Wikipedia's Plain and simple conflict of interest guide.  Welcome, and may your experience with this encyclopedia be as rewarding as mine has been! –  P AINE E LLSWORTH  C LIMAX !  19:05, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Front of Yonge, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Front of Yonge, Ontario, 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. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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