User talk:JustTryintobeJust

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Hello, JustTryintobeJust, 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.)

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
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• Simplified Manual of Style

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! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:58, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Dear User:Liz, thank you for your message. I just registered as a user, and I am frustrated with the amount of gossip and libelous content on the article and talk page of Craig J. N. de Paulo, a philosopher whom I greatly respect that has influenced me. I welcome your assistance! thank you JustTryintobeJust (talk) 19:13, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Hey there, the {{help me}} template is used when you need help with editing or using Wikipedia from anyone. If you wanted to specifically address that user and get thier attention, put {{ping|UserNameHere}} at the start of your message. --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 19:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Allthefoxes, I admit there is much to learn. JustTryintobeJust (talk) 19:36, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Welcome! Chicbyaccident (talk) 20:47, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Chicbyaccident! JustTryintobeJust (talk) 20:49, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert

This message contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

Please carefully read this information:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.  Bishonen | talk 19:15, 24 January 2016 (UTC).

Thank you for this information. JustTryintobeJust (talk) 19:23, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Augustinianstudent

You appear to be the same person who formerly edited here as User:Augustinestudent and who edited here as User:SPQR 27BC, and you appear to be the same person who has been editing the article on Craig J. N. de Paulo from various IP addresses. Please confirm that this is true. Please be aware that not answering this truthfully is a violation of our policy, WP:SOCK and can lead to you being blocked. I am watching this page; please reply here. Jytdog (talk) 04:40, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi, Jytdog. The user has made a declaration here that the IP edits on the article and its talkpage are theirs from before they created this account — a little indirectly, but that's how I read it. They have also declared here that they have never had an account before. So your questions have been answered. If you're not convinced, your next step would be WP:SPI. Bishonen | talk 11:56, 26 January 2016 (UTC).

Hello User:Jytdog, this is the first time I have ever created an account, and I have nothing to do with these other users. JustTryintobeJust (talk) 14:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Bish for pointing those out, and thanks for answering JustTryintobeJust. I have a follow up question to you below Jytdog (talk) 18:10, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia

HiJustTryintobeJust I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. All your edits to date are about Craig J. N. de Paulo and above you note some relationship with him. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, JustTryintobeJust. 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 COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
• instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

Comments and requests

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with de Paulo? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, with please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. You can reply here - I am watching this page. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 18:13, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Dear User:Jytdog, I have absolutely no connection with de Paulo, except that I have read three of his books and a few articles. But, I do not know him, and I have never met him. In fact, I have written on a number of pages, typically that deal with heraldry, Orders of chivalry, ecclesiastical things, philosophy and literature, all of which are my interests. I certainly do not receive any compensation for any of this. I welcome whatever advise you can offer since I would like to become a proficient editor. Thanks!JustTryintobeJust (talk) 14:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I'll leave that here, then Jytdog (talk) 15:36, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

3O, procedural flaw

I took a quick look at Talk:Craig J. N. de Paulo and this does not appear to be a two-person conflict. Would you care to narrow your request down to a specific conversation? Otherwise, your request for a third opinion is likely to be removed for procedural reasons. If it really is a multi-person conflict, then I recommend you check out WP:RFC. Darkfrog24 (talk) 17:40, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

User:Darkfrog24, thanks for your quick reply. I'm new to this so I'm not quite sure how to proceed, but I welcome whatever suggestion you may have. Thanks!JustTryintobeJust (talk) 18:25, 3 February 2016 (UTC)