User talk:Poormallard

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I'm new to writing on Wikipedia and was testing something it out with a draft page. I think I might have made it public my accident, or it got picked up when somebody tried to make an entry on the same topic. I've tried adding references but it comes up with error messages so I've put them as links instead. Also, I can't see how to edit the first section (above contents)

Hi, first don't forget to sign your comments with four tildes (~)! (WP:SIGN)

second: don't worry your "live" article will be deleted, but not your user-space draft

third: for edit the content or the lead, press the edit button/link/tab on top of the page

the reference style in your userspace draft is much more better than in the live article.

mabdul 10:07, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help! I've updated the live page to be the same as my userspace draft, does it look alright now?Sarahginx (talk) 10:43, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks better now, but the article needs really more work or otherwise it will be deleted. Add more reliable, independet third part references to the article. Maybe Also add an infobox (Template:Infobox company should be the right one). Normaly I wouldn't say that this article be ready for teh encyclopedia. mabdul 13:26, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice, it's had a cleanup from more experienced users now.Sarahginx (talk) 15:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Hello, Sarahginx, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

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May 2011

Hello Sarahginx. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should 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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linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:15, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Removing speedy delete

Sarahginx, I know that you're new to Wikipedia, and I welcome you! I wanted to let you know that you should not remove a WP:CSD tag as you did here until a consensus could be made regarding the article. Furthermore, the tag itself explicitly states that "do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself." There is a good system by the administrators of Wikipedia will evaluate an article before deleting it, so there is no need to panic that it will simply disappear. If you need help, a good place to ask anything about how things work at wikipeidia is over at the HELPDESK. If there is any questions you have, you can also ask me on my talk page. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:36, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the advice, if I removed the notice at the top it was entirely an accident.Sarahginx (talk) 17:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your user name

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. However, I noticed that your username (Sarahginx) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Your username is partially the same as Ginx, a company which you have written an article about. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Inks.LWC (talk) 05:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip, I've actually already asked for oneSarahginx (talk) 17:07, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]