User talk:NiallSlaterWSMM

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Soc of authors, good luck, and have fun. – PamD 16:13, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Soc of authors. 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 Society of Authors, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

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. PamD 16:14, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please edit carefully[edit]

Hallo, In your recent edits to Society of Authors you managed to damage the encyclopedia.

There was a link to Richard Imison Award: it was a "blue link", ie it led to an actual article at that title. You observed that this was the wrong name for the award, and changed the text of the link to "Imison Award". The link then went red, because there was no article at that title - so a reader wanting to find the award from the page about the society could not do so.

There are four ways you could have fixed this:

If nothing else, notice the red link, realise it's a problem you don't know how to fix, and undo the change you made - a link to the article using an out of date name is better than no link
"Pipe" the link: change [[Richard Imison Award]] to [[Richard Imison Award|Imison Award]] The second version appears as Imison Award and links to the article at its established, incorrect, title (ie what's to the right of the "pipe" character appears on screen, and what's to the left is the functional link)
Create a "redirect", a cross-reference which takes "Imison Award" and links the reader to Richard Imison Award (though after my action, that latter is now itself a redirect)
Move the article from the wrong title to the right title. I've done that. You would not have been able to do it yourself using the "Move" tag (you have to have done at least 10 previous edits), but you can use "Request Move" to ask for the article to be moved.

Please check after any editing that the results on the screen are what you want them to be, and try to fix any problems you've inadvertently caused. If all else fails, put {{help me}} on your user talk page (ie this page) and explain the problem, and someone will come along and fix it. There's a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia, but it's an interesting journey. Happy Editing. PamD 16:27, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

November 2014[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 16:32, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

NiallSlaterWSMM (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

NiallSlaterWSMM (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Sorry about that, I didn't realise I needed to use an individual name. I would like to continue editing Wikipedia, but not as a representative of the SoA. Niall Slater (talk) 16:36, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Also, please read WP:PSCOI before making any further edits if you have a connection to the article's subject. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, Tom-Gallon Trust Award (award)[edit]

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Tom-Gallon Trust Award (award). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Tom Gallon. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Tom Gallon – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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