User talk:IronbridgeG
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Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 12:30, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
Photo on Open-air museum
[edit]Hi IronbridgeG, while your contribution of your photo was appreciated, it was removed for now. It is important not to create photo clutter on a page. Too many Wikipedia museum pages suffer from too many photos being added by people being boosters of their photography, museum, or country/province. It is important to think what does the photo contribute to the topic? What is it illustrating that other photos are not? Does the photo contribute to the diversity of the topic? Too many photos on museum pages are only from Europe or North America or certain countries or states/provinces. What is your rational for adding it? Meaning what does it add to the page that is current not illustrated? My concern is that the photo does not appear to add anything that is not already there and no justification was added in the Edit summary for its placement. While the photo does represent a type of open air museum not on the page, it is difficult to interpret if it is a museum or simply a historic district. Your photo was removed but it would welcomed if you created a Gallery section under the 'North American innovations' section and added it there along with a limited but diverse sample of photos other open-air museums. It looks both that you are new to editing Wikipedia and appear to be interested in museums especially local history museums. I welcome your help on the subject! If you have wikicoding or process questions please do not hesitate to ask me for help. Myotus (talk) 16:00, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Conflict of Interest editing
[edit]Welcome! Hello, IronbridgeG, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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Conflict of Interest editing - further information
[edit]I passed by Ironbridge and noticed that you have uploaded images; further examination of your Wikipedia contributions shows you have been adding text content to museums centred around the Ironbridge area, including in this change a Headed section, namely Ironbridge#The Ironbridge Gorge Museums and placed images therein. Using Wikipedia as a promotional tool is not allowed.
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March 2022
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Thank you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:21, 1 March 2022 (UTC)