User talk:SlamDunk2000
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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Beresford Parlett, 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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- Hi SlamDunk2000. I've added the above template because it contains information that I think you will find helpful based upon your post at the Wikipedia Teahouse and on the edit summary you left at Beresford Parlett. If you're Partlett's son, then you're going to be considered to have a conflict of interest with respect to anything written about him on Wikipedia and thus should follow the guidance given above. As for the photo itself, it looks like c:File:Beresford Parlett.pdf was deleted in January 2021 from Wikimedia Commons by a Commons administrator named Christian Ferrer for lacking a proper license. Commons and Wikipedia are like siblings in that they belong to the same family that have lots in common, but are also individuals with some important differences. So, even though there's lots of overlap between the two sites, Commons matter will need to be resolved on Commons. You can find out a bit more about why the file was deleted by looking at c:Commons:Licensing, c:Commons:Volunteer Response Team and c:User talk:SlamDunk2000, but Christian Ferrer would probably be happy to answer any specific questions you may have if you just leave him a message at c:User talk:Christian Ferrer. Another thing you could do is simply take a new photograph of your dad or one that perhaps you took at an earlier time and then upload that to Commons. The person who takes a photo is generally considered to be the person who owns the copyright on the photo; so, you can upload any of your own photos of your dad as long as you're willing to give your c:Commons:Consent. Before doing so, however, please make sure you take a look at c:Commons:Contributing your own work for some general guidance on the matter. Once you've uploaded the photo and it's licensing and other stuff has been sorted out, you can try to add it to the article yourself like before, or you can ask for help by posting an edit request at Talk:Beresford Parlett if you're not sure how to properly add a photo to an article. Just explain who you are in your request and provide a link to the photo you want to add, and someone should be happy to do it for you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Your thread has been archived[edit]
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Hi SlamDunk2000! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Click this link to read the archived discussion. If you have follow-up questions, .
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