User talk:Xhanetab

Xhanetab, you are invited to the Teahouse![edit]

Hi Xhanetab! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (I'm a Teahouse host)

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]

Hello, Xhanetab. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Mz7 (talk) 23:17, 2 August 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

Response[edit]

Hi, I saw both your message on my talk page and your email, and I felt I had to make a response. If the Zhaneta Byberi article is about you, please take several minutes to read the guideline Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. In short: creating or editing articles about yourself, your company, or anything else with which you may be closely attached, is strongly discouraged. I can explain why.

One of the five pillars of Wikipedia is that we are an encyclopedia, and throughout the years we've developed many policies and guidelines regarding what kinds of content we want to include here. We have three "core content policies": all articles must be verifiable, written from a neutral point of view, and contain no original research. The reason we discourage editing or creating articles about yourself or your company is because when you do so, it can be hard to keep upholding the core content policies, especially the one about neutral point of view (neutral point of view means that Wikipedia explains sides fairly and without bias, as opposed to taking a side or being biased—it's actually our second pillar).

When you are closely attached with a subject, you often have a distorted view of it, which causes you to have the tendency to write from a biased or non-neutral point of view. For example, you might inadvertently include more information that reflects on you positively while omitting verifiable information about you that may be more controversial. We call this having a conflict of interest. While editing in areas you have a conflict of interest in is not exactly prohibited, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible. Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

Now, with regards to your request, it is possible to disable anonymous editing to Wikipedia articles using a method called semi-protection. However, it is only typically applied by administrators when there is evidence of persistent disruptive editing to a page. Semi-protection is not applied preemptively. I have examined the history of the Zhaneta Byberi article and found no evidence of disruptive editing that necessitates semi-protection. We are an encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to, and no editor can own articles. If you see an edit with which you disagree, feel free to revert it, but remember to assume good faith on the part of others—most contributors want to make the encyclopedia better, so if they revert your revert, talk it out on the talk page before reverting again. If you have any questions, please ask me on my talk page or submit another question to the Teahouse. We'll be glad to help. Mz7 (talk) 00:14, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 2015[edit]

Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

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I noticed your recent edit to Zhaneta Byberi does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! ukexpat (talk) 13:39, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]