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Welcome to Wikipedia, Natureofinformation! I am BigDunc and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• Introduction
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!

BigDunc^Talk 20:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, Natureofinformation! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Tony Fox (arf!) 20:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 00:14, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Apology

Hello, I'd like to apologize for my unfairness on the New Contributors Help page. I know that Spinnerspark was on the verge of violating WP:CIVIL as well, and that it was not one sided, but when you wrote about his/her "poverty of intellect", I felt obligated to tell you how important the "no personal attacks" policy is on Wikipedia. In hindsight, I should have extended that warning to Spinnerspark as well. I understand that you added in the reference and the link in good faith, and that Spinnerspark came across as uncivil. A widespread problem on Wikipedia is external link spam, and as a result many users take a hard line on spammy edits. Your reference, when combined with the link and your username, made it look like just another spammer trying to add in promotional links, which was removed by another well intentioned user. I hope we can move past this, and that you understand why I warned you for making personal attacks. Regards, Fingers^OnRoids 00:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your apology. It is accepted and there are no hard feelings here. Anyone who apologizes deserves respect for it. I will note, however, that my "poverty of intellect" remark followed and was a response to spinnerspark's calling my requests drivel. I did not start any unpleasantness here, and I would like it known for the record. Thanks again.Natureofinformation (talk) 00:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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 conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:17, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Changing username

Your request at Wikipedia:Changing username#Natureofinformation → Buckley was not done because the username is already taken. Please make a new request. You can check whether a name is taken at Special:ListUsers. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:43, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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BigDunc^Talk 21:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Your username change request

Hi, InformationZone. A bureaucrat or username clerk has commented on your request at Wikipedia:Changing username; please reply if necessary. Thank you. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:10, 6 June 2009 (UTC)