User talk:Wrodriguez6

Hello Wrodriguez6. 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 Russell Simmons, 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 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:

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.
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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. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 14:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your feedback

Please note that affilition with an entity does not mean that you are allowed to reserve the right to edit the article about that entity to say what you want it to.

TowTrucker (talk) 14:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2012

Your addition to Russell Simmons has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Regardless of where you claim to work, the site you are copying this information from, is still copyrighted. If you are reserving the right for this content to be used on Wikipedia, first change the license on the site you are copying from. Thank you -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 14:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your feedback

Hi Wrodriguez6... I noticed your message here and I looked at the edits that you made. I have a couple of comments that may be helpful.

First, no-one at all can reserve the right to edit an article. It is unnecessary because everyone has the right to edit articles. One thing you cannot do is reserve that right exclusively. Everyone can edit any article.

The second issue is conflict of interest. In one of your edits you mention that you're an employee and you have been asked to update the page. This is really not encouraged at Wikipedia. The difficulty is that editors with a conflict of interest have a very difficult time remaining neutral about the topic. Often they will inflate the importance, or downplay negative aspects. It's not impossible to do a good job, but it is difficult.

Lastly, it appears that an editor has removed some content that you added because it was copied directly from a copyrighted source. This is absolutely against Wikipedia policy. You can use information from anywhere (and cite it), but it must be in your own words. It's great that you referenced the site where you got the information, but again, it can't be lifted directly from there.

I hope this is helpful. If you ever need any help with something, please feel free to let me know. Just click on the word, "Talk" after my name and you'll be able to leave me a message. I'm happy to help in whatever way I can. Cheers!.

Wikipelli ^Talk 18:23, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Wrodriguez6, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 19:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]