User talk:Raptorchap

Entry for James Ferguson-Lees
I intend to replace this article (which is a stub) with a full-length biography of c. 7000 words. James, who is now 87 years old, is a pre-eminent ornithologist of our era and merits a proper, full entry. I have known him personally, as a friend and as a colleague, for 45 years. The biography which I have written is fully referenced and is 100% reliable and accurate.

How do I make this replacement? I have hitherto never contributed to Wikipedia, and I find some of the instructions very confusing and ambiguous.Raptorchap (talk) 12:55, 21 February 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Raptorchap. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article James Ferguson-Lees, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
 * instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 22:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)