User talk:Smitrovich

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Smitrovich, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 03:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Any party with a tie to the subject—or claim against the subject—has a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Smitrovich. 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 B.N.E. (artist), you may have a conflict of interest.

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 ensuring their edits are verified by 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:

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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.

The conflict of interest policy also covers those in adversarial relationships, which would include plaintiffs (or potential plaintiffs) in civil actions or victims (or persons alleging to be victims) of crimes. —C.Fred (talk) 03:04, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please sign your talk-page comments[edit]

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at User talk:C.Fred, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

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Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 03:17, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]