Oliviag220

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The Grid District

Hi. I got your message on my talk page. Re "I don't know what exactly is advertisement..." I think you made a good start toward that goal yourself by taking out the sentences that you did. Someone else also took out the sentence about restaurants and gyms. It doesn't look too bad to me right now, but different editors have different ideas about what is promotional as opposed to informational. The key policy on this point is Wikipedia:Neutral point of view; reading that might be helpful. The editor who put the 'advert tag' on might come back in the next few days, or others might come along and help improve the article further. I would just sit back for a while and see what, if anything, happens.

Re "I'm not sure about "reliable links" because i felt news articles were": Yes, news articles by established independent media sources are reliable sources. The two currently on the article are good. The Grid District's own web site would not be, because it's not independent of the subject. Yelp is not a reliable source, because anyone can edit that without editorial control like a newspaper or magazine would have. The best sources are books published by established publishers or universities. The policy on that is at Wikipedia:Verifiability.

So don't worry too much about what anyone else does to it. That's how Wikipedia works. I think you have a reasonable start for a new article. I'll keep an eye on it. Station1 (talk) 01:33, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate the guidance alot. Oliviag220 (talk) 13:06, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Oliviag220. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article The Grid District, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Lemongirl942 (talk) 16:36, 15 October 2016 (UTC)