User talk:Professor Robert Spillane

August 2015
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 10:58, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm his publisher and trying to create a page about him, but I don't really know what I'm doing Professor Robert Spillane (talk) 11:00, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Professor Robert Spillane. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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. Theroadislong (talk) 11:03, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, it's not actually Professor Robert Spillane here - it's Katherine Owen and I'm his publisher. I'm trying to create a Wikipedia page for him and I've used his CV, so I'm not sure how this is a conflict of interest.....what am I doing wrong? Professor Robert Spillane (talk) 11:06, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I would strongly advise you not to write it you have a VERY clear Conflict of interest If he is notable someone else will write it. A CV is NOT a reliable source for Wikipedia. We need multiple reliable secondary sources that report on him in depth. Theroadislong (talk) 11:09, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I think I understand - I will delete everything and have one of my team look into your suggestions on not having a conflict of interest. Thanks very much for your help Professor Robert Spillane (talk) 11:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

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