User talk:Skatingtoolman

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Goldsztajn (talk) 23:48, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - with this edit you added material to the Bon Aire article which is copied directly from the University of Virginia website. Wikipedia is very strict on the use of material with is copyright, it is not allowed in almost all circumstances. Please be conscious of not doing this. Kind regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 23:54, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest: Bon Aire[edit]

Hi - apologies for all the messages, but given your statement on my talk page, it's important you are familiar with Wikipedia policies which are quite relevant in your case. By claiming to be the owner of Bon Aire, you have a conflict of interest. It is probably best at this point that you do not continue to edit the article. You can read what is the accepted practice in circumstances like this at WP:COI. This is another area where Wikipedia is very strict; it ensures that Wikipedia remains independent and neutral. I hope all of this is not too discouraging and I am happy to assist as I can. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 00:04, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I need to do a deep dive into what Wikipedia policies are before I add any more content. Newbie mistake. Skatingtoolman (talk) 19:28, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, I do not own the property yet. We are under contract to buy it, but we do not own it. In this case, we found 100's of pages of historical data on Bon Aire. If I do not edit the page who would take the time to do so? If this was an article about myself, I can see how that would be a conflict of interest, but this is a historical piece of property. Skatingtoolman (talk) 10:59, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If I give you the content, can you add it to the page? If not, who would bother to take the time to do it? Skatingtoolman (talk) 12:39, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]