User talk:MCLEANMUSICMAN

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Hello, MCLEANMUSICMAN, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Michael McLean (composer), which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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May 2018
Hello, I'm C.Fred. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Michael McLean (composer) have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with neutral prose; it is not a publicity flyer for the subjects of articles. —C.Fred (talk) 21:02, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Michael McLean (composer), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''This is in addition to the tone errors which were mentioned the last time. I haven't searched McLean's website, but the text you're adding feels like it could have been copied from there. Please don't do that; we can't use other sites' text unless they've properly given it away.'' —C.Fred (talk) 23:01, 18 May 2018 (UTC)