User talk:Robertjgray

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Welcome![edit]

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

I noticed 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 undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using 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! -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:58, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Robertjgray. Please don't be alarmed by the above template. I saw your Teahouse post and post on Cullen328's talk page about Draft:Charles Jeffrey Gray, and just added the above template to give you some general information that you might find helpful. I also suggest you take a peek at Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide, Wikipedia:Ownership of content, and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing for reference as well. Although COI editing is not expressly prohibited by Wikipedia, it is something that is highly discouraged because it can quickly lead to serious problems if one is not really careful. You should be fine working on a draft, but be advised that drafts, like pretty much any page on Wikipedia, can be edited by anyone at any time. Most experienced editors will probably leave you alone as long as your edits don't start violating any major policies and guidelines, but you might find some trying to make little style/formatting improvements as well. If this happens, try to look at the edit and understand it instead of getting upset over it. You can always ask for clarification from the editor who made the edit.

As for specific questions about the subject matter, you might find some help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history and Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. These are two of the more active WikiProjects and their respective members tend to have lots of experience with this kind of subject.

Finally, I suggest that you use Wikipedia:Articles for creation when you think your draft is ready to be moved to the article namespace. AfC is optional and it can take a bit of time, but AFC reviewers tend to be quite experienced at article creation and they will review your draft for problems. They should also be able to help clean up any COI-type stuff which might have unintenionally found their way into the draft. There is of course no 100% guarantee, but drafts passing through AfC do seem to have a better chance of surviving than those that don't. Good luck to you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MarchJuly, Thanks for your feedback. I've noted the potential for COI and am certainly looking for assistance in determining if the article is appropriate before considering submitting it for approval. Hopefully I will shortly find some assistance with preparing it for submission. I'll try the projects you suggest. Robertjgray (talk) 22:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Charles Jeffrey Gray[edit]

Hello, Robertjgray. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Charles Jeffrey Gray".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. » Shadowowl | talk 09:22, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request for applications for position of Wikipedian-at-Large, Aotearoa New Zealand[edit]

Kia ora! The Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand User Group invites you to read about the call for applications for a Wikipedian-at-Large for Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. Group members are happy to explain the process and discuss ideas with interested editors.

Sent by Zippybonzo on behalf of MurielMary using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 06:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay[edit]

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede 66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]