User talk:Jonathancurran

Welcome to Wikipedia
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Glad you're here! Hinmatóowyalahtqit (talk) 12:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

Just so you know
Hi, like you I'm pretty new here. Thanks for this edit. But I think your link should be in the "External Links" section, not the "References" section. The "References" section is only for books, sites, theses, articles, etc, that is used to support a certain part of the article, and is not manually added: it's automatically added if you use, like

Because your link is currently not used to support a part of the article, it should be in External Links.

November 2014
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Alan Campbell (rower), you may be blocked from editing. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:28, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Jonathancurran. 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 Alan Campbell (rower), 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.

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 * 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. 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. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:28, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Orangemike. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page Alan Campbell (rower), because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:28, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising, as you did at Motivational speaking. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Thank you all for your suggestions. I am going to read all the guidelines first carefully before making any edits so that it did not violate any guidelines.

Question
Hi Orangemike,

Sorry for the same!

I don't know from where should I reply your messages. So, I just made a reply here.

I am new at Wikipedia and just want to give information about motivational speakers and public speaking. I don't know Wikipedia consider it advertising.

Can you please give me a link where I can read all the terms and guides for editing links and content please.

I am very new here and first need to read the guide before any change so that it do not look like spam or advertising.

I would appreciate your advice on this please.

Apologise this time!

Thanks, Jonathan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathancurran (talk • contribs) 13:42, 26 November 2014‎ (UTC)

I took the liberty of making a new section. Feel free to remove.

What Wikipedia is not, Neutral Point of View, Copyrights, Civility, and Ignore all rules are the fundamental "five pillars" of Wikipedia. WRT your current problem, I suggest you have a look at the links provided above.--Hinmatóowyalahtqit (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2014 (UTC)