User talk:Jimcander

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Jimcander! Thank you for your contributions. I am Rubbish computer and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Proposed deletion of Jeff Anderson (tuba player)

Hello, Jimcander. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Jeff Anderson (tuba player), for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Jeff Anderson (tuba player) to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.

If you don't understand this message, you can leave a note on my talk page.

Thanks, Pianoman320 (talk) 17:43, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

April 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Carmel High School (Indiana), it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. S0091 (talk) 21:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your personal knowledge is never a reason to make an edit. We do not use primary sources such as school records (which btw are privileged) and high school yearbooks are user edited and hence not reliable. What are needed are reliable secondary sources (newspapers magazines books academic journals) that verify his (your?) attendance. If you are indeed Kander, please understand three things: you registered an account here anonymously only providing an email address. We have no way of knowing you are who you claim you are. Second, even if we did, we would not accept your word as verification of fact. Third, if you are Kander you have a WP:COI in making any edits about him anywhere and need to follow the best practices outlined in the link. This is NOT the purpose of an encyclopedia. John from Idegon (talk) 21:35, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not trying to pile on here but just to be thorough, you will also need to establish notability. I know this is not what you want to hear but is Wikipedia policy. S0091 (talk) 21:52, 19 April 2019 (UTC

Understood. I do find it interesting that there are several of the notable alumnae list that do not have verifiable citations. My name is Jim Anderson. Yes. I am related. But how is that any different that someone being the biographer of a family member? I will find the citations necessary so he can be added to the list.

Thanks for your honesty. Once again I am going to tell you something you do not want to hear but you have conflict of interest and therefore should not edit about this person directly (nor should a biographer of a person, see WP:Paid). As for as other people listed as notable on the page, if they have a Wikipedia article it is accepted they are notable. As for others, please see other stuff exists. S0091 (talk) 22:42, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. I do see Jeff Anderson (tuba player) is an article please disregard my statements about notability but your conflict of interest still remains. I will leave an some additional guidance for you. S0091 (talk) 22:47, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Jimcander. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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 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 conflict of interest 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. S0091 (talk) 22:49, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]