User talk:MJTSleepy

Welcome!
Hello, MJTSleepy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Sleepy Hollow, Illinois did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Please note that "Source: Resident since 1987, former Village trustee, former Village finance committee member, retired accounting and business consulting professional." falls under original research and is not acceptable. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 17:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Simply rewriting everything without that statement is not acceptable, either.  –Skywatcher68 (talk) 17:59, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Managing conflicts of interst
Hello, MJTSleepy. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the edit COI template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see );
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see );
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. – Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:41, 28 April 2024 (UTC)