User talk:Skipmason

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Hello, Skipmason, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited 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. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

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Alpha Phi Alpha
I appreciate that your handle would be a reasonable one for Alpha Phi Alpha president Herman "Skip" Mason and that if so, there are few who know more about Alpha Phi Alpha than you do. However on wikipedia, changes have to be referenced in publicly accessible works. Most of the things that were changed on the Alpha Phi Alpha page were expansions on what is already in referenced works, however I am unable to find anything about the planned rechartering effort for the chapter in Monrovia. References to published works by Skip Mason are certainly acceptable for the Alpha Phi Alpha page (though whether those books count as the preferred Secondary Sources rather than primary is an interesting question). As above, I'd suggest you check out the Conflict of Interest guide as part of your contributions. Hope to see you around Wikipedia!Naraht (talk) 13:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)