User talk:MattHetherington

September 2013
Hello, MattHetherington. 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 Table tennis, 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.  Neil N   talk to me  13:59, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Reliable sources
Unfortunately, I've removed your changes as blogs are not typically regarded by Wikipedia as reliable sources, especially for living persons. -- Neil N   talk to me  14:13, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Neil. The blog is just the format of my website which contains interviews carried out with the athletes, over the past 2 years. I have a lot of information about the players which isn't commonly known to the wider community of the sport and I communicate with them regularly, I have a lot of extra information which I could add to athlete profiles, especially those which are a bit emptier. However, if that is your final decision then that's fine.MattHetherington (talk) 15:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You could ask at the reliable sources noticeboard and see what other editors think. -- Neil N   talk to me  16:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC)