User talk:Madifehling

Welcome!

Hello Madifehling and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see:

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I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! John of Reading (talk) 20:52, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

Hello, Madi! Google tells me that you are the ESMMWL specialist at North Carolina Division of Public Health. I recommend that you look at the FAQ for Organizations and the Best practices page before you or your colleagues edit the page again. Thank you. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:15, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Madifehling. 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 Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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 ensuring their edits are verified by 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. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:12, 3 October 2012 (UTC) (formerly with the Wis. DPH)

Removal of article tags

Please do not remove the tags from the top of Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less.

The "Orphan" tag draws attention to the fact that no other Wikipedia articles link to this one. This link displays the list of articles with blue links to this one. As I write this, there are none. This link displays a list of articles that mention the program by name. Those articles could be edited to link to this one, but, as I write this there are none.

The "Advert" tag refers to the tone of the writing. Here are some phrases from the lead paragraph that I wouldn't expect to see in an encyclopedia: "evidence-based strategies", "informs, empowers and motivates", "written by a team of experts".

Also, since you are closely connected with the subject of the article, I ask you to read and follow the guideline at Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Madifehling. You have new messages at John of Reading's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-- John of Reading (talk) 15:36, 3 October 2012 (UTC)