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PD2D2, good luck, and have fun. PamD 14:03, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

PamD 14:03, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

January 2017

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Tong Trithara. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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New to Wiki.. how do I fix information to comply and still have the information available.

Need guidance...New to Wiki...

I'm new to this and perhaps need some help. I'm updating a friend's bio to include his philanthropy endeavors, but KATMAKROFAN keeps reverting the info, flagging it as spam then submitted the page for deletion!!! What I'm I doing wrong? I've removed links, rephrased some text in to add Tong Trithara's humanitarian contributions and still KATMAKROFAN keeps threatening that it's spam!!!

I don't mind re-edits to help make my updates comply but Deleting my contributions isn't helpful. Please help me fix the info instead of submitting it for deletion. Many Thanks PDeditorial (talk) 02:33, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, PD2D2. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Tong Trithara, 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. You should not be editing an article about your friend. If he is truly Notable, in Wikipedia terms, other editors will write about him with reliable independent published sources. You have what is called a "Conflict of Interest" and should not edit that article. PamD 14:02, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

PD2D2, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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Unpaid Contributions

In reference to above statements and posts about disclosures, my edits/contributions are unpaid, pro bono updates done at leisure and on my own time based on information I read in print publications and/or articles I find through google searches from established print/online publishers and archives. I obviously lack Wiki backend knowledge, but that does not mean my informational contributions lack merit. PD2D2 (talk) 18:14, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I read your comments at the AfD discussion and I hope this doesn't deter you from further WP editing. The problem is that there's nothing that shows he has significant independent coverage. Coverage from local papers is often not considered because, most of the time, it's the subject either submitting an article or being interviewed with no further checking done by the reporter. That means the source can't be considered independent of the subject. I would recommend that you carefully read WP:GNG and WP:RS to see what is generally required of articles. If you're going to focus on martial arts topics, then reading WP:MANOTE would also be helpful. Creating your first WP article can be tough, but there are lots of editors who are willing to help you if you ask them. Papaursa (talk) 19:58, 29 January 2017 (UTC)