User talk:Thom-293

Conflict of interest
Hello, Thom-293. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 11:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Are you serious?
I'm refuting your claim on conflict of interest. I'm not part of the Lecture Fund. Just because I like editing certain pages doesn't mean that I'm a member just as if I edited the Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union page. Would that make me a member of the Georgetown Credit Union? (Thom-293) 12:05, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You gave enough reason for me to wonder if you were. However, since you are a student at the university and part of a group that has an interest in having this information on the Internet, there is still the potential for a conflict of interest. Again, this doesn't mean that you can't edit, just that you need to be extra careful about editing anything that you are remotely related to. I'd have to exercise the same caution if I were to edit anything related to the college I attend. This is not a personal attack, just a routine warning. I've brought this up on the Admin noticeboard since the debate on the AfD page has gotten rather heated. I don't have a vendetta against the article. It just doesn't pass notability guidelines and no amount of incidental mentions changes that. It could be the most useful article in the world, but if it doesn't pass notability guidelines then it can't be kept based on that.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 06:10, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello. There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 06:10, 31 August 2012 (UTC)