User talk:Treasure Chest Boy

March 2021
Hello, I'm Paper9oll. I noticed that you recently removed content from Sandy Roberton without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page.    — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 🧾)  12:04, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

- If you are concerned about errors of fact, please raise them on the article talk page, to avoid any suspicions of conflict of interest (which is not allowed). The existing article was written on the basis of reliable independent sources, but clear errors of fact can of course be corrected. Thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC) PS: You may be interested in taking a look at WP:AUTO. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:05, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

April 2021
Hi Treasure Chest Boy! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor&#32;at Sandy Roberton that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

- Again....   If you are concerned about errors of fact, please raise them on the article talk page, to avoid any suspicions of conflict of interest (which is not allowed). The existing article was written on the basis of reliable independent sources, but clear errors of fact can of course be corrected. PS: You may be interested in taking a look at WP:AUTO. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:51, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

- Thanks for revealing your conflict of interest in this edit ("why can i not correct my OWN page Sandy Roberton"). Because it is not "your" page - it is an encyclopedia page about you, written on the basis of reliable published sources, and editing an article about yourself is strongly discouraged, for what many would see as obvious reasons. Here is the guidance at WP:AUTO: It is difficult to write neutrally and objectively about oneself (see above about unconscious biases). You should generally let others do the writing.

Contributing material or making suggestions on the article's talk page is considered proper—let independent editors write it into the article itself or approve it if you still want to make the changes yourself. It may help attract attention to your talk page request to include the request edit template as part of the request.

In clear-cut cases, it is permissible to edit pages connected to yourself. So, you can revert vandalism; but of course it has to be simple, obvious vandalism and not a content dispute. Similarly, you should feel free to remove obviously mistaken facts about yourself, such as marital status, current employer, place of birth, and so on. (Note it on the talk page.) If the fact has different interpretations, others will edit it.

Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it should be a tertiary source—it should not contain any "new" information or theories (see No original research) and most information should exist in checkable third-party sources. Facts, retellings of events, and clarifications which you may wish to have added to an article about yourself must be verifiable with reliable sources.

If you are a regular Wikipedia editor, you can identify yourself on the article's talk page with the Notable Wikipedian notice. I will request other editors' involvement here - but please respect the independence of Wikipedia. It is not your website, or your blog - it is an independent encyclopedia article based on already existing sources. Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:21, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2021 (UTC)