User talk:Marklawrie

September 2018

Hello, I'm Waddie96. I wanted to let you know that one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Gemfields— has been undone because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thank you. Waddie96 (talk) 17:24, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use Wikipedia to promote businesses, like you did in the article Gemfields. Wikipedia is not a trade directory. If you want to list a company for potential customers to find, please consider alternative outlets. Thank you. Waddie96 (talk) 17:34, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Marklawrie. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Gemfields, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Waddie96 (talk) 17:35, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

COI

Hi, I've edited Gemfields to remove material that is promotional. Please rewrite so that it reads less like an advertisement, otherwise the article will be moved into the draftspace until such a time that it is corrected (and may be deleted in 6 months). Waddie96 (talk) 18:01, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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16:05, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Gemfields

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A tag has been placed on Gemfields requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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