User talk:Toddbrinegar
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[edit]Hello, Toddbrinegar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Data virtualization, 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. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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September 2012
[edit]Hello, I'm Timtrent. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Data virtualization, because to me it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. I see from this page that you are the Sales and Marketing guy for Stone Bond. I suggest most strongly that you avoid adding links to your own corporation to Wikipedia. It is a pointless exercise anyway, the attribute rel="nofollow" is applied to all links Fiddle Faddle (talk) 19:35, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Toddbrinegar. 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 Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Stone Bond Technologies, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.
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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. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 08:01, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Toddbrinegar. 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 Stone Bond Technologies, 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 Wikipedia: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. Not only that, you are not helping the article by adding huge tracts of promotional text about its products. The article is about the corporation, not the products. They are worth a mention, yes, but the trade puffery you are inserting is excessive. As the VP of Marketing for Stone Bond you should understand with better precision that Wikipedia is absolutely not your promotional vehicle nor your brochure. Fortunately it is likely that the article will be deleted in the next few days because the corporation is simply not notable. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 08:09, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Talkback
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Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Stone Bond Technologies, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 180 days. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 15:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Stone Bond Technologies
[edit]Hello Toddbrinegar. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Stone Bond Technologies".
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 13:02, 11 December 2013 (UTC)