User talk:Iamaflame

Welcome

Hello, Iamaflame, and Welcome to Wikipedia! As you have just started editing, I hope you find the following selection of links helpful and that they provide you with some ideas for how to get the best out of Wikipedia. Happy editing! Fæ (talk) 10:55, 16 February 2012 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Guide for younger editors Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard - a Wizard to help you create articles Request departments How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

February 2012

Hello Iamaflame. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Grindr, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• 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.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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. You appear connected with stopracismandhomophobiaongrindr.tumblr.com, continuing your campaign on Wikipedia articles is considered acting with conflict of interest and may be considered spamming this article with links your website. Fæ (talk) 09:11, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Signing posts

See Signatures for details. Here's the general advice:

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button or located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. Thank you.

I will reply to your post about Grindr on my talk page. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 09:51, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I am happy to help

You tried to edit the grindr article and Fæ correctly explained Wikipedia policy to you. If you ever find a reliable source talking about the grindr project I also watch the page and would help you develop the article, but so far as I know, good, neutral journalism on that topic does not exist. I wish that it did - let me know if it comes to be. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:42, 24 February 2012 (UTC)