Peter O'Shaughnessy
Welcome edit
Hello, Peter O'Shaughnessy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice 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.
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Note edit
Your contributions to Joseph Holt (rebel) have been reverted due to issues regarding WP:BOOKSPAM. -Cntras (talk) 11:54, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
February 2012 edit
Hello Peter O'Shaughnessy. 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 Joseph Holt (rebel), 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 following the 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.
- Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
- 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. Cntras (talk) 13:26, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Joseph Holt (rebel), you may be blocked from editing. ~Amatulić (talk) 01:54, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Your recent editing history at Joseph Holt (rebel) shows that you are in danger of breaking the three-revert rule, or that you may have already broken it. An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Breaking the three-revert rule often leads to a block.
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Discussion edit
This edit should have been posted at the Talk Page if you wish it to be discussed and perhaps, if there is consensus, for the article to be revised. I'll add a welcome template above with tips on how to edit collaboratively on Wikipedia. RashersTierney (talk) 02:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. 7 01:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)