User talk:Sboylan

Image tagging for File:Iraq Trends 3 Jan 2009.pdf
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File copyright problem with File:Tilghman Princeton OCS Remarks 2010 (Final).pdf
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File copyright problem with File:Petraeus 8x10.jpg
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License tagging for File:Note from SecDef Gates to Gen Petraeus.pdf
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A belated welcome!
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Again, welcome! Go Phightins! (talk) 22:00, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi, could you tell me about the citation image?
You seem to be an active poster here. Do you know where the Bronze Star citation image comes from?--Dlawbailey (talk) 22:59, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, the images come directly from the actual citations. Those are direct scans of the actual documents.Sboylan (talk) 02:15, 12 August 2014 (UTC) Sboylan

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Petraeus Brennan Walk and Shoot.pdf


A tag has been placed on File:Petraeus Brennan Walk and Shoot.pdf requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip (e.g. a Word document or PDF file) that has no encyclopedic use.

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Sboylan. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page David Petraeus, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 09:09, 16 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Please, take the same to read the above message and the related policies. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 21:35, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Please tell me the COI. I know of Petraeus, I just read his book, placed the information on the page from Amazon on the page with full citation and now it has been removed without reason. I am not paid for any editing or commentary placed on the article. I am not employed by him or his firm. I am employed by Univ of Kansas Sboylan (talk) 03:11, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Paid editing is not the only form of conflict of interest. You certainly have a conflict of interest here, and should check Conflict of interest. Editing under a conflict of interest is allowed, with certain recommendations. MarioGom (talk) 17:23, 27 October 2023 (UTC)