User talk:Laughingpillow

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Michael Rectenwald, 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Theroadislong (talk) 21:31, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Dear Theroadislong, thank you for your welcome note. I appreciate the kind note. I am confused, however, about your comment regarding my first edit. The page for "Michael Rectenwald" was immediately recommended for me by Wikipedia. I had never even heard of this person before. So I surely have no conflict of interest and while I did read a few pieces, I don't agree with the guy. Nevertheless, per the principle of neutrality, I did not allow this to influence my work. Thank you.--Laughingpillow (talk) 13:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Notifying other users

Hi Laughingpillow,

I think you may want to see the {{Reply to}} template. You can use it (or any of shortcuts listed there, e.g. {{re}} or {{ping}}) in your postings in talk pages to notify other parties about your messages. For example, if you put {{re|Theroadislong}} in your reply above, then User:Theroadislong would get a notification about your mention. Remember, however, the notification would not be sent if you do not put your signature in the same edit.

For more details on generating notifications see the documentation on the template page {{Reply to}}.

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Welcome to Wikipedia – and happy editing! --CiaPan (talk) 09:13, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

@CiaPan: Thank you very much for the help and instructions. Much appreciated! --Laughingpillow (talk) 13:43, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

@CiaPan: Thanks! --Laughingpillow (talk) 13:59, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

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