Deborah Milton

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Welcome! Hello InterRidge, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. VQuakr (talk) 09:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC) January 2011 Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (InterRidge) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website. There are two issues with this: It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization. Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes. Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guideline to avoid editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations.The article in question is InterRidge. Thank you. VQuakr (talk) 10:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Deborah Milton. You have new messages at VQuakr's talk page. Message added 18:14, 27 January 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Username Hi, please look into changing your account name. Each of your edits to InterRidge is getting automatically flagged as a problem and is highly likely to be repeatedly scrutinized for conflict of interest. As mentioned above, as things stand your name is against policy as you appear to be representing an organization rather than yourself and you are highly likely to soon be blocked as a result. See Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. Thanks, Fæ (talk) 12:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC) Congratulations on your new account name. Feel free to remove the warnings above if you feel they are now redundant. I have added a shiny new welcome banner for your new name. Thanks Fæ (talk) 17:28, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hello, Deborah Milton, and Welcome to Wikipedia! As you have just started editing, I hope you find the following selection of links helpful and that they provide you with some ideas for how to get the best out of Wikipedia. Happy editing! Fæ (talk) 17:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Guide for younger editors Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard - a Wizard to help you create articles Request departments How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility