User talk:Catherinecondie

July 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Welding with this edit does not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 13:11, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 13:15, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good afternoon

I work for TWI (The Welding Institute) and have noted that we are not mentioned in areas where the AWS and similar organisations are. I am looking at a few pages with a view to adding our organisation.

Forgive me for not knowing the full rules, am I allowed to add a link to our Wiki page, for example?

I tried to add to Wiki Media under Welding but it would not recognise our URL, hence my changes on the main site.

I hope you agree that TWI has a long and valid history in relation to welding and welding development.

With many thanks and kind regards Catherine Condie PR Manager, TWI Ltd

Thank you for your help - I have to leave the office now - hopefully I haven't offended anyone with my eagerness.

Kind regards Catherine Condie

First, welcome. It may not seem like it, but WP does encourage people to edit. It can often be intimidating to newcomers. There are lots of rules, but editors usually don't bump into them if they are adding solid content about the article's subject. If an editor has a different agenda, then he/she can bump into a lot of them. Don't be alarmed by the reverts. We don't think you're bad, but we would like you to learn and understand the rules that you bump into.

You work for TWI, so you have a conflict of interest when you include TWI materials. That's not necessarily bad, but it does mean you need to be circumspect. Being the PR Manager raises a big red flag - your job is advertising TWI. As an editor at Wikipedia, you are supposed to support WP's aims and not your employer's. WP is not interested in advertising any company. Some commercial sites have information that is appropriate. The information might be cited as a reference, or it might be included as an external link (EL). The question to ask is does the link contain encyclopedic material that would improve the article? If it doesn't, then the material does not belong. Advertise TWI, soliciting new members, or selling goods and services conflicts with WP's mission.

WP has a list of inappropriate external links. See WP:ELNO. I clicked a link on one of TWI's pages to examine the content, and it wanted me to sign in. That's inappropriate for an external link.

WP can be slow to react. There can be inappropriate material in an article for a long time, but that doesn't mean an editor should add similar material. I've removed TWI links this morning, but I've also removed links to other welding organizations.

I've been going through some of your additions and removing ones that I do not believe are appropriate.

Glrx (talk) 20:17, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just came across the Welding page, so I now understand what was happening. You were adding links, and other editors were reverting them within minutes. You should have stopped adding the links -- that's why they left you messages on this page. We have another rule -- if you keep reinserting material that other editors have deleted, then you can be blocked for "edit warring". See WP:3RR. Glrx (talk) 20:31, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2015

Hello, I'm Stesmo. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to The Welding Institute because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Additionally, do not add external links in the body of the article. Also, do not remove citation needed tags without providing an adequate cite or removing the claim. Stesmo (talk) 16:55, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Catherinecondie. 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 The Welding Institute, 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.

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.
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. 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. Stesmo (talk) 16:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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