Jonmaine

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possible conflict of interest

Hi, Thanks for your edits to Shepton Mallet and Tithe Barn, Pilton. I noticed you wrote about work by "Jon Maine" which is very close to your username. If this is you be careful about Conflict of Interest.— Rod ^talk 13:44, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Jon, My understanding of the conflict of interest rules are that they don't stop you writing about things you are involved in - but they shouldn't be promotional & that you should post something on your user page & talk page saying that you recognise there might be a conflict & "declaring your interest". My suspicion is that you have knowledge and expertise which would be of value to wikipedia, but you need to be extremely careful to comply with the Neutral point of view rules.

Learning the syntax etc of wikipedia can take a while so I will have a look at the Shepton Mallet landmarks section & try to tidy it up. I'll have a look at www.merchants-house.co.uk & see whether I feel it is purely commercial/advertising or does actually add useful information for readers. If the work has been nominated for prizes there are likely to be other mentions in reliable sources. If you need any help with editing just let me know & you might want to join WikiProject Somerset.— Rod ^talk 14:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Looking at a couple of sources I think Merchants House is worthy of it's own article - give me a few hours.— Rod ^talk 14:48, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at Merchant's House, Shepton Mallet - there's lots more could be added to the history, but I don't think the focus should on the restoration. Do you have a picture you own & are happy to upload under public domain or creative commons licence?— Rod ^talk 17:40, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Wood Awards

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wood Awards

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Hi. With respect to your note in edit summary, I just wanted to let you know that copyright is not affected by the subject of the text. Text on an award is fully protected under US law, which governs Wikipedia. I have further revised the article to differentiate it from the source. I have also added tags concerning other matters that need attention. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

A note

Just for the record, you are not supposed to remove speedy deletion notices from pages which you create. It says so on the template. Thanks. t'shaél^chat 14:07, 12 July 2009 (UTC)