User talk:Dcalkins

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[edit] AfD nomination of Combots

An article that you have been involved in editing, Combots, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Combots. Thank you.

Please do not add nonsense articles to WIkipedia, especially ones that have already been deleted once. Doing so is considered vandalism and may get you blocked from editing. DJ Clayworth 22:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September 2007

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Combots, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

  1. editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
  2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
  3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam);
    and you must always:
  4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest. Thank you. Rjd0060 20:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

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Ouch! You seem to have gotten a rough welcome to Wikipedia. Dont let the above warnings dishearten you ... but there are a few things I would like to point out to you about creating Articles before you continue with Combots. It is frowned upon to write about topics that you might be personally involved with. Some people see it as a form of Self-Promotion, and that can get Articles deleted real quick. You have written a good article so far, may I suggest you explore the conflict of intrest policies before going to far. Exit2DOS2000•T•C• 00:16, 24 September 2007 (UTC)