User talk:Raymond415

Welcome!

Hello, Raymond415, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Pichpich (talk) 19:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you! Finding contributing very fulfilling, though I've just been making minor edits until I get more comfortable with markup. My main interest is 20th century history, particularly WWII. I hope to try my first article soon (though I'm not sure I'm ready for an in-depth historical piece).

Disclosure: my day job is working for a phone service, and recently the topic of my participation in Wikipedia came up. I have not been asked in any official capacity to write an article but a colleague did point out that the company has received some outside coverage. After reviewing I am inclined to agree that it may qualify as notable. I have also been carefully reviewing related guidelines such as neutral point of view and COI disclosure. Do you think an article on this, carefully worded to be neutral and verifiable, with disclosure would be acceptable? Should I perhaps gather the information, request a review, and ask another editor to actually create the article if he/she agrees?

Although I'm new I think Wikipedia is an incredible resource (and a lot of fun to participate in) and I want to be certain I'm in compliance. Thanks again! Raymond415 (talk) 18:25, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You have the right approach here. I'll create a draft for you and you can add sources to the article gradually.  Having a conflict of interest is a concern not a prohibition.  Ask for feedback and it should be fine.


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raymond415/draft


 * Cheers, Ocaasi c 18:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

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