User talk:Ryanb-I-am

Welcome...

Hello, Ryanb-I-am, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or. Again, welcome! Dyork (talk) 20:57, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

On COI and SPAs...
Thank you for your interest in editing the Content delivery network article. It definitely COULD use some help! I do think you have a little bit of a COI concern given that, as your user page states, you currently have a contracting relationship with Verizon. You are doing the correct thing, though, in using the Talk page to indicate what you want to edit. If you have not already, you may want to read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You are already doing some of the things mentioned there.

Given that you are not directly connected to a current CDN provider (since, as you mention on that Talk page, Verizon has exited the CDN space), I would personally be fine with you making edits. I would just caution to make sure every edit you make can be backed up with reliable sources.

I am just one editor, and others may feel differently.

One thing that could help would be for you to go and edit some other pages, too. Right now your account looks like it is going to be a single-purpose account, meaning you are only editing a single article. Some editors are concerned that "SPAs" may be someone who cannot be neutral - or could be being paid by someone connected to the article, or have COI, even though they say they don't.

I would encourage you to go edit some other pages that might have nothing to do with CDNs. Perhaps for the town / city / state / location you live. Or for a sport you like, or any other topic. You also could just go to the Wikipedia Task Center and do some of the tasks there. Categorization, copy editing, fact checking... all of them are much-needed tasks and can help you gain experience with Wikipedia. And more to the point, they can help you build a history of contributions so that other editors won't see you as just a single-page account. Again, thank you for your interest in improving Wikipedia! Dyork (talk) 21:23, 23 February 2023 (UTC)