User talk:Sandra c

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Sandra c! Thank you for your contributions. I am Rystheguy and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Ry's the Guy (talk&#124;contribs) 09:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
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Cut-and-paste move
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:MARHy Wind Tunnel a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into MARHy Wind Tunnel. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Requests for history merge. Thank you. Sandra c (talk) 08:50, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

MARHy Wind Tunnel
Hello Sandra c,

I noticed that you added a reference to your article that was written by a "Sandra Coumar", and that Sandra Coumar is affiliated with ICARE (Équipe), so I was just wondering if you are that same Sandra.

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If I am incorrect, then I apologize in advance. If that's the case, please let me know and I will remove the COI template from the article. Ry's the Guy (talk&#124;contribs) 12:27, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Rystheguy,

Indeed, I am Sandra, I took my real name as pseudo because I wanted to be transparent. I understand the policy but I think that this is a very specific case. I did not write on my company (it is the CNRS and it already has a wiki page) but for the wind tunnel in our lab. This is a working tool for research on atmospheric entries so only people who have worked with it would know about it and could write about it and we are not plenty. However, it is a facility important enough to be mentioned on wikipedia (in comparison with other wind tunnels available). I put my own reference (which is not only mine but my team's article) because it was the newest. This was not a misplaced sense of pride. I say it again, I have read the rules and I agree with them but it would be an error to remove this article because there are not many wind tunnels like this one in the world and it should be recognised for its value. Moreover, I am only a PhD student, meaning that I will not work for this lab in a few months so I am quite external to the company. I would be glad if you could review and correct the article to ensure the neutrality. If you have any questions, do not hesitate. Thanks. Sandra
 * Hi Sandra,
 * Sorry for the late reply, I've been quite busy lately. Thank you very much for your answer. I don't think that this is any sort of major violation and don't believe the article is in danger of being deleted over this. I haven't dealt in this area very much, so I've asked for a second opinion at the COI noticeboard. We'll figure out how to deal with this, and I'd be happy to help you improve the article to remove anything that might be deemed promotional or controversial. Thanks for your edits, Ry's the Guy  (talk&#124;contribs) 10:19, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Sandra c. I haven't received any feedback at the COI noticeboard, but I think a good next step would be for you to disclose your COI on your userpage (not your talk page) using Template:UserboxCOI, and to state your COI in the edit summary for any future edits to ensure transparency. Thanks again, Ry's the Guy  (talk&#124;contribs) 11:47, 14 May 2017 (UTC)