User talk:Debora Holmes

Welcome![edit]

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was George D. Lundberg, which 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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Help me![edit]

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Please help me with... How do I insert links into already-existing footnotes? Debora Holmes (talk) 03:33, 17 April 2020 (UTC) Debora Holmes (talk) 03:33, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite sure what you're asking, but you can modify existing footnotes by editing the source text of the page and locating the pair of ref tags that surround the one you're interested in. The matter between those two tags can be modified and, among other things, you can have one footnote containing two or more citation templates (sometimes referred to as bundled footnotes). In many cases, it is better to add a reference, complete with ref tags, than to bundle. Use good judgment! — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:18, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion[edit]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is George D. Lundberg. Thank you. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 04:10, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Debora Holmes. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 18:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red[edit]

Hello! If you would like to gain some more editing experience, and since you seem to know something about science, you might check out the Wikiproject Women in Red. They have a talk page here that is informative.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:22, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a backgrounder article on the project.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:25, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for this! I will check it out. Debora Holmes (talk) 23:27, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You have been pruned from a list[edit]

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