User talk:Gel Reece

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Again, welcome to Wikipedia! I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Spamming your own art
Hello, Gel Reece. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Tapihritsa, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Skyerise (talk) 22:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm unsure if I had broken the terms or not;
 * by stating that I was the one to paint the painting did I give a passive linking to my person and the deity in question,
 * if so I could remove said portion
 * (see image description of Tapihritsa) Gel Reece (talk) 17:15, 26 March 2024 (UTC)


 * The image has been removed. The article should have a traditional image of the deity, not some random artist's interpretation. What are your qualifications? Are you Bon? Have you studied Bon religious iconography and painting? Are you a practitioner of the deity? No image is better than an unqualified interpretive painting. Skyerise (talk) 17:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * as my understanding of the situation, my goal was to have this page have an image, I tried to find a traditional image, but I was un able to find any outside of copyright.
 * Regarding the question of qualifications I'm a Bonpo in training, I find great joy in the art and philosophy of bon and greater Tibet. regarding practition of the deity I have done little regarding Tapahritsa,-although I feel I shall find very much in the future-, but I have found great utility in the practition of Quan Yin and Prajnaparamita (I feel these names are most accurate to the nature of the deities)
 * I ask not whether you think I am qualified but whether you think the page should have an image. Gel Reece (talk) 03:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC


 * Yup, it needs an actual verifiable image used within the tradition being represented here. Your image is not that image. And our conflict of interest policy prohibits you from adding your own work. Skyerise (talk) 07:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I shall accept your verdict, but I ask you to reread the sections of the guidelines in question Gel Reece (talk) 15:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)