User talk:Yanker

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[edit] The Stampeders

Hello and welcome. It appears that you are adding material to the article The Stampeders that is copied from another website, with no indication as to the copyright status. Please understand that Wikipedia needs to be very careful about copyright violations and we would need to remove that material. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 17:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your message on my Talk page. It is important that the article be accurate, yes. Please indicate on the article's talk page (Talk:The Stampeders) what needs addressing. We are not allowed to use material copied from an external website, as per copyright rules. Also, please be sure to note our conflict of interest guidelines, as that is one of the reasons I would suggest that you edit the Talk page rather than the actual article. Thanks much! See also Wikipedia:Introduction for more general information about the project. Best, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 17:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Please adhere to the COI guidelines. Here is one of the standard warning templates, which has some potentially useful links:

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The Stampeders, 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. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 19:50, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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