User talk:Hallsands

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Happy editing! DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you :) Hallsands (talk) 21:29, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Hallsands. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:Geoffrey Martin (European Commission), 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Hello, this all makes sense and is clear, thank you. I will aim to revise the way the article is written such that it no longer suggests a conflict of interest. This may have come about through over-enthusiasm, as this is my first attempt at a full article. Hallsands (talk) 21:18, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I have now (finally!) got round to revising this article. I hope it is more in keeping with the encyclopaedic style required, and with tightened-up references. Hallsands (talk) 15:28, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Image in Draft:Geoffrey Martin (European Commission)
Hi, in addition to the COI query I've posted above, could you also please explain the image used in the draft article Draft:Geoffrey Martin (European Commission)? You seem to have uploaded it as your 'own work'. This creates one of two problems: (I guess some other explanation may also be possible, but I can't think of one now.) Either way, can you please elaborate? Thanks, --DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:10, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Either you really have taken that picture yourself, in which case you almost certainly have some sort of an external relationship with the subject, given that you've been at least once at close quarters with them.
 * 2) Or you have no such relationship, and possibly got that picture from somewhere else, in which case it's not your own work, and shouldn't have been tagged as such; this could involve a copyright violation.

Hello, yes I can see why you're confused. The photo is my own work. I took it at an event I attended, celebrating the retirement of a mutual friend, which Mr Martin also attended. My interpretation of the rules doesn't suggest to me that this is an external relationship with the subject, but please do correct me if I'm wrong here. Thanks Hallsands (talk) 21:23, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I have decided to remove the photo to keep things simpler. Hallsands (talk) 15:30, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Geoffrey Martin (European Commission) (July 26)
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Nightenbelle (talk) 14:27, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Great, thanks for the feedback. I will work on a redraft with more appropriate style. Hallsands (talk) 21:27, 6 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Which I have now done. I look forward to your feedback. Hallsands (talk) 15:31, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Geoffrey Martin (European Commission) has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing!  DGG ( talk ) 08:54, 10 August 2022 (UTC)