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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page Grasshopper Mowers, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, see:
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I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! Triwbe (talk) 19:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
{{helpme}} What in the Grasshopper page makes it promotional?
- Hi there.
- First, most important, I suspect that you have a 'conflict of interest' - ie you are involved with the company? In which case, it is strongly recommended that you do not create or edit the article yourself, as it is almost impossible to maintain a suitable neutral point-of-view. See WP:BFAQ.
- Thirdly, the article does not have valid inline citations to support the facts. All facts should be referenced, but especially anything likely to be challenged. For example, "the first manufacturer to offer dual swing-out levers", "first to offer a diesel-powered zero-turn mower", "a smoother ride", etc etc. All of these assertions would need reliable sources - and again, these must be independent, not from the company itself.
- Fourthly, the article does not maintain a neutral point of view.
- Cheers, Chzz ► 21:17, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
July 2009
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If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Grasshopper Mowers, 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:
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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. Triwbe (talk) 04:52, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
File source problem with File:GrasshopperLogo.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:GrasshopperLogo.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 18:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Triwbe (talk) 18:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Possibly unfree File:Contractor.jpg
editA file that you uploaded or altered, File:Contractor.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.
Possibly unfree File:Rear Discharge .jpg
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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Rear Discharge .jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Triwbe (talk) 19:22, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Possibly unfree File:Powervac.jpg
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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Powervac.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --(ESkog)(Talk) 00:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
