User talk:Howardstats

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Howardstats. 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 Cancer Research UK, 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.
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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. Theroadislong (talk) 14:30, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia and Wikiproject Medicine

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Again, welcome! Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

and this is me Wiki CRUK John (talk) 16:47, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Howardstats, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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UK vs Rest of the World

Welcome Howard, and thank you for explaining your recent edits to Esophageal Cancer on the article's talk page. You may find it helpful to bear in mind that (ultimately) we aim to provide an appropriately balanced worldwide picture. At some point down the road to featured article candidacy I think we'll need to decide how to weight/integrate the relevant but lengthy content regarding the USA. Eventually, some content could spill over onto a more detailed Epidemiology of esophageal cancer page. Regards, 109.153.156.71 (talk) 13:19, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]