User talk:Rupert1969

Nomination of Mememe for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mememe 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/Mememe until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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. Celestina007 (talk) 22:25, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Rupert1969, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Peter Eastman (artist), which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Nat Gertler (talk) 14:40, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

, I would like to make edits to a number of South African artists wikipedia pages as i have noticed a lot of out of date links, references and information. I am involved in the South African art scene but i do not represent any of the artists in any way. will this be seen as a conflict of interest being south african? For making small edits like citations and minor details do these need to be sandboxed? Rupert1969 (talk) 23:08, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Merely being South African is not a conflict. If you have no business or strong personal relationship with them, you should be fine. I had only raised the question of a conflict because so much of your editing had been focused on a single individual, and some of it has seemed at least somewhat promotional in nature, which are both things that are often found in conflicted editors. Therefore, it raised the possibility that you had a conflict, and I posted the above to let you know how to handle it if you did. It was an advisory, not an accusation. And where you do not have a conflict, edits do not need to be sandboxed. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:24, 4 June 2021 (UTC)