User talk:RSWIV

Managing a conflict of interest

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

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 81.187.192.168 (talk) 20:34, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2024

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Dude Incredible. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. See WP:EXPLICITGENRE which says that genres come from uninvolved publications. Also, WP:SECONDARY sources define topics on Wikipedia, not primary sources. Binksternet (talk) 21:53, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you're Bob Weston. Whether you actually are or not, I'm happy to have anyone editing Wikipedia and I don't want anyone discouraged from editing. But to be clear, the rationale "I was there" is something we can't use for evidence, since none of us can investigate that. This is why WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:OR exist: our goal is not truth (tho that is a great goal) but verifiability. So if you want to continue working on the encyclopedia, we'd be glad to have you, but you'll have to try to follow the norms because it will just result in your edits being undone, which is frustrating for everyone. Let me know if you have any questions. (And in case you actually are Bob, thanks for all the great music and my most sincere condolences.) ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]