User talk:Mark Boldt

Writing about your own company on Wikipedia
Hello, Mark Boldt. 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 Rubber ducks, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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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.--McGeddon (talk) 14:23, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Please don't add claims to articles such as "quickly became the world's premiere rubber duck collectible" or ""and with millions & millions of ducks sold in 14 countries" without proper references to reliable sources that are independent of the company. Otherwise people might think that you're trying to use Wikipedia for free advertising, which isn't what it's here for. Thanks, BencherliteTalk 14:36, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Im not trying to self promote Im attempting to add the facts of character based rubber ducks - prior to Rubba Ducks there were none. I have numerous articles that were written about Rubba Ducks. Please help me go about having this info entered to satisfy the issues U addressed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Boldt (talk • contribs) 17:29, 8 October 2013‎


 * Given that Rubba Duck appears to be your own company, you should post the sources in question to the article's talk page and let other editors work any relevant information into the article appropriately. WP:RS has guidelines on what is and isn't a reliable source for Wikipedia. --McGeddon (talk) 16:50, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Unsourced self-promotion
Please do not add or change content, as you did to Rubber duck, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.--McGeddon (talk) 15:52, 8 October 2013 (UTC)