User talk:Sjallyn

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Hello, Sjallyn, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
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Conflict of interest
Hello, Sjallyn. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Carole Demas, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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I believe I have followed the rules very carefully and there is no COI involved. Sjallyn (talk) 16:58, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Given that the page (as I found it, prior to a complete rewrite) read like a Ms Demas' own personal webpage (and in fact, copied largely from her own personal webpage), I beg to differ with you on your evaluation of your own conflict of interest. Please recall that Wikipedia exists to report factually and neutrally on subjects, not to promote them.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:53, 27 August 2012 (UTC)