User talk:ICanWikiEdits

March 2015
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Brett Erlich, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you.  Dwpaul  Talk   05:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, ICanWikiEdits. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Brett Erlich, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.  Dwpaul  Talk   02:26, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Brett Erlich
Please note that Brett Erlich does not have the right to dictate what does and does not appear in the Wikipedia article concerning him, provided the information that appears there is supported by reliable, published sources and does not violate Wikipedia's Biography of living persons policies. However, the information you removed was not properly sourced (Twitter is not a reliable source) and so will remain out of the article. Even so, it is important for you to understand that the information has not been removed merely because Mr. Erlich asked that it be removed, and removing sourced content from articles may be regarded as vandalism and result in the loss of your editing privileges.  Dwpaul  Talk   02:48, 11 March 2015 (UTC)