User talk:Joanne McGarry

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Hello, Joanne McGarry, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: $$ Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and ask your question there. If you are interested in conservatism, you may want to check out the Conservatism Portal. ''Please accept this invitation to join the Conservatism WikiProject, a friendly group of editors dedicated to improving articles related to conservatism. Simply click here to accept!'' Again, welcome! – Lionel (talk) 08:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC) – Lionel (talk) 08:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
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July 2012
Hello, Joanne McGarry. 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 Catholic Civil Rights League, 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.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * 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.

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. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 19:33, 18 July 2012 (UTC)