User talk:Rbarkai

November 2017
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Ice swimming, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. theinstantmatrix (talk) 13:35, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Ice swimming. Your edits continue to appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted. Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 15:18, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Ice swimming was changed by Rbarkai (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.982088 on 2017-11-24T15:18:53+00:00.

Nomination of International ice swimming association for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article International ice swimming association is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/International ice swimming association until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. theinstantmatrix (talk) 19:31, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Rbarkai. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article International ice swimming association, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * do your best to comply with 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).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. theinstantmatrix (talk) 16:32, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Your username
I've just realized that your username, "Rbarkai", relates to the person "Ram Barkai", which confirms your conflict of interest, based on your past edits, where you're trying to create an article about your own company. Please read WP:COI and WP:REALNAME and the messages above before making your next edits. theinstantmatrix (talk) 18:32, 24 November 2017 (UTC)