User talk:John Raffaelli

February 2012
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you recently added commentary to an article. While Wikipedia welcomes editors' opinions on an article and how it could be changed, these comments are more appropriate for the article's accompanying talk page. If you post your comments there, other editors working on the same article will notice and respond to them, and your comments will not disrupt the flow of the article. However, keep in mind that even on the talk page of an article, you should limit your discussion to improving the article. Article talk pages are not the place to discuss opinions of the subject of articles, nor are such pages a forum. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 22:34, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopaedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article John D. Raffaelli, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopaedia. Thank you. ''If there are things written about yourself that you have disagreed with, your disagreement needs a source to be included in an encyclopaedia entry. Suitable sources may include an interview, published letter in a newspaper or a statement in your 'official' blog. See WP:SELFPUB for the limitations on how some self published sources may be acceptable within certain constraints. If in doubt please discuss first on the article talk page.'' Fæ (talk) 22:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello John Raffaelli. 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 John D. Raffaelli, 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 following the 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. Fæ (talk) 22:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)