User talk:Paccar984

This user is an old account for RichBryan.
This account should now be inactive but if it is still in use please inform RichBryan.
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It may also have been used by other individuals. See the history of Talk:Mark Pigott for further info. – Fayenatic London 21:51, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

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– Fayenatic London 16:58, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Pigott[edit]

Hello, Paccar984. 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 Mark Pigott, 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.
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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. – Fayenatic London 16:58, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Draft article[edit]

The above messages are standard templates. Please read them carefully. I hope you find the links useful.

I noticed that you were having trouble moving your sandbox article into the main article space. You may have figured it out by now, but I moved your draft back to User:Paccar984/Sandbox. As there is already a live article at the page Mark Pigott, you cannot use "move" to replace it. If you want to replace all or part of the content of the live article, you can click the edit button on the draft, select the text, copy it, then go to the live article, edit that and paste in your revised text. Hope this helps. – Fayenatic London 16:58, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Links[edit]

Please see my comment at Talk:Mark Pigott about providing specific links that support the stated facts. Even if you have a conflict of interest, I suggest that you declare it and carry on editing, at least to clean up the existing article text. There is a lot of work to be done and you may be best placed to assist.

WP:CHEAT is a quick guide to formatting, in case you find it hard to follow the work that I have been doing already. – Fayenatic London 20:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Username[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw how you edited or created Paccar, and I noticed that the username you have chosen, "Paccar984", seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of something other than yourself. Please note that you may not edit on behalf of a company, group, institution, product, or website, and Wikipedia does not allow usernames that are promotional or have the appearance of shared use. If you are willing to use a personal account, please take a moment to create a new account or request a username change that represents only yourself as an individual. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and remember that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. --Drm310 (talk) 22:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice Request[edit]

Fayenatic London, thank you for the advice and assistance. Could you suggest the appropriate way to declare conflict of interest? Paccar984 (talk) 22:53, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Paccar984. You have new messages at Drm310's talk page.
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Hi, thanks for the declaration of interest here on my talk page. Please would you repeat it on your own user page User:Paccar984?

Thank you too for explaining the meaning of "Paccar 984" here in discussion with Drm310.

As I read Wikipedia's policies, I do not think these user names are the best way to go. If you must use them, then I suggest to you and your colleagues that:

if you also have a "personal" Wikipedia account for edits that are not work-related, and you do not want to declare this openly on your user page for reasons of privacy, then notify it privately – see WP:SOCK#LEGIT
you confine your editing with "Paccar984" accounts to:
1. cleaning up existing Paccar-related articles,
2. providing citations,
3. updating Paccar-related articles with objective statistics,
4. and suggesting more substantial edits on the article's talk pages, so that independent editors can decide whether they are appropriate.

– Fayenatic London 13:20, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice Request[edit]

Could someone advise me if what I did with the Industryweek magazine link (reference number 8) is correct. It was formerly an external link. Thank you in advance. Paccar984 (talk) 23:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The answer to this is "yes" and "no". "Yes" in that you created an inline reference/citation properly - but "no" in that the reference does not verify the statement it in which was placed.

You correctly surrounded the link with the <ref></ref> tags. However, the link provided does not verify the statement that "Paccar has earned the distinction of being one of the nation's leading companies." If there is such a statement on Industryweek's website, find the exact URL to use.

Have a look at {{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite book}} and {{cite journal}} while you're at it. Those will teach you how to properly reference web sites, newspapers (online and print), books and magazines. For example, the proper syntax for a website would be <ref>{{cite web |url=URL of the page ...}}</ref>. Using these citation templates will also help if those links ever become stale, as some robots are able to tag them as "dead" or find archived versions so that the reference isn't lost.

Have a look at Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources as well. That should help you identify sources that are considered reliable and independent of the subject.

Once again, let me express my appreciation for your willingness to work with more experienced editors. I look forward to your future contributions. --Drm310 (talk) 03:10, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Blocked[edit]

Your account has been blocked from editing Wikipedia with this username. This is because your username, Paccar984, does not meet our username policy.

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