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Hello, EBResearcher. 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, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. --Ronz (talk) 20:42, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Yikes, I was trying to do some quick content additions but will have to look at the COI stuff pretty carefully.EBResearcher (talk) 22:40, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. --Ronz (talk) 15:49, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Ok, I think I removed any direct links to my website. Is it ok to list some documents? I have tried to check for more neutral language. Hope it's getting better. EBResearcher (talk) 23:01, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you.

I've not looked over the article closely, but it needs to be written from sources that are both reliable and independent. Self-published information from those with a vested interest should probably not be used at all. --Ronz (talk) 00:18, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Earthbag building

Hi EBResearcher. You might also be interested in this wiki article on earthbag construction:

• [1]

I have access to this source [2], if you don't have it already, feel free to drop me an email if you want this source.

Kind regards, Matthew Ferguson (talk) 21:19, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

At first glance that's a great article. Yes, wonder if the source is Owen or Kelly who trained me. What's the best way to proceed? EBResearcher (talk) 22:42, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

I wrote majority of it, but heavily drawn from sources by the 2 authors you mention above. Unfinished. If you would like access to earthbag building guide, drop me an email (hopefully this link will work [3]). Kind regards, Matthew Ferguson (talk) 22:58, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

I wonder if the history section on the Appropedia page is more appropriate in Wikipedia, but some of the construction techniques mentioned in the Wikipedia page should be transferred to Appropedia? I don't have time to get into it now... EBResearcher (talk) 23:03, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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