User talk:Lynngilbert

July 2012
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Gloria Steinem. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. QU TalkQu 20:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You might want to read, in particular, WP:BOOKSPAM. Your activities on Wikipedia seem to have involved little but adding references to a book of which you, apparently, are the author. I recommend following the links in the welcome message above to find out how you can contribute more usefully to the project. Deor (talk) 20:56, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Lynngilbert. 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 Billie Jean King, 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. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  16:12, 5 July 2012 (UTC)