User talk:Starfish99

Help me.

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Hello, Starfish99, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Simon McKeon, which 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.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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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! Drmies (talk) 01:08, 5 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Drmies, I am Simon McKeon's wife, Heather. I appreciate you writing to me with this advice. We will write to you in the coming weeks as Simon is very busy at the moment. There are a number of factual inaccuracies on his page which have crept in recently.
 * For example Simon is still Chancellor of Monash University but for some reason the page states that the role has terminated.
 * Thank you, regards, Heather Starfish99 (talk) 02:01, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Drmies, I am Simon McKeon's wife, Heather. I appreciate you writing to me with this advice. We will write to you in the coming weeks as Simon is very busy at the moment. There are a number of factual inaccuracies on his page which have crept in recently.
 * For example Simon is still Chancellor of Monash University but for some reason the page states that the role has terminated.
 * Thank you, regards, Heather Starfish99 (talk) 02:01, 7 May 2022 Starfish99 (talk) 08:52, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi. Please follow the links above and read the relevant policies. It is obvious from edits like this that you have a conflict of interest; it is also clear to me that your edits are not neutral, and I am going to block you from editing the article directly. And if you do not disclose your COI, you might find your account blocked permanently. Drmies (talk) 01:10, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Drmies, I am not sure if you have seen my question asked on 7 and the 11th of May. Thank you. Heather Starfish99 (talk) 05:36, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, Starfish99. To get a user's attention, you can use the template, replacing "username" with their username. Here, I'll ping Drmies for you:  --  Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 06:40, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you Tamzin. I thought I had followed Drmies instructions. I appreciate your help. Starfish99 (talk) 04:05, 14 May 2022 (UTC)