User talk:Mmadayag

Britomart Transport Centre
In response to your comments below I have referenced the New Zealand Herald article as well as the Architectural Record article. I have also included Auckland City's external website on the Britomart Project, which preceded the Britomart Transport Centre "official website", which it is largely derived from. mmadayag

Hello. From your username, and your associated edits on at Britomart Transport Centre, I assume that you are associated with Mario Madayag. You might want to read Conflict of interest and WP:Autobiography.

Please note that you are NOT forbiddden to edit material related to you/your company/whatever your connection is (and certainly not restricted in any way in editing other Wikipedia articles). However, you should pay special attention to the Wikipedia policies listed, and how they might affect you.

I reverted your edit in the meantime, NOT because of the above policies, but because you did not provide references (such as newspaper articles, books, government websites or similar) that cite what you stated in your edit. If you can provide those, and write a WP:NPOV edit from it, you are welcome to reintroduce it. Cheers and happy editing. Ingolfson 09:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for providing the references. Please spend the time and have a look at how I have changed their format to improve the article. Also please do NOT delete existing references, unless they are both unnecessary, AND you have checked that they are not also referenced at other points - by deleting the link to the Jasmax site ("JAS" reference) you also removed the references for several other instances in the text where this reference was used. Ingolfson 09:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks for the tips. We think we are beginning to get a hang of this, but please bear with us as we learn by doing.


 * Hello again - I see that you are still learning. Based on your above comment, I feel correct in that you ARE likely either Mario Madayag or associated with him. And as noted above, that puts you into a conflict of interest - you are obviously interested in having your company shown here in a good light. Normally, as noted in the above links, you should refrain from editing your own articles - its a bit too much like patting yourself on the back and then claiming that you are just having a neutral, fair opinion of yourself - if you understand what I mean?


 * Again, unless you rudely go against Wikipedia rules, we will not prevent you from writing about yourself, even if its discouraged. However, I have removed your linking to the website at Britomart again, because that falls under External_links. You already have several references (including external references) in that article. To add another instance as an external link might be considered WP:LINKSPAM, though some would say otherwise. In any case, if you insist, it would be better to create a "Mario Madayag" article, and then link to it with a Wiki-internal link (that does NOT constitute linkspam, as the two articles, Britomart and Mario Madayag, have a clear connection).


 * So if you are absolutely set on this, have a go at creating the architects article instead (should include biographical detail, info about awards, projects and the company itself - don't split it up into different articles). However as you are, as noted above - having a conflict of interest, I (and others) will be watching quite closely to see that the article is well-referenced and neutral. The best way to ensure that is to NOT use your own knowledge (its inadmissable as a reference) nor the company's own references. It (all info) really needs to all come from third parties (such as professional bodies and award comittees, clients, newspaper articles). I think you won't have too much problems finding that, even if you may find that some individual things are harder to reference.


 * If you need any help, please ask me here (using the little + tab). And please sign all your comments on talk pages (even on your own talk page) with four tildes ~ like this. These automatically turn into a name and datestamp. Cheers Ingolfson 08:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)