Protocol Matters

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Hello, Protocol Matters, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Rebecca Sommer, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I do not have the intention of "publishing" my comment, but to write to Wikipedia protest with the wikipedia administrators against the proposed deletion of the article on Rebecca Sommer, on her behalf. After all, Wikipedia has suggested to Rebecca Sommer to do so (and threatened to go ahead with the deletion if she does not).

Thus, please look into the matter and see to it that this article does not get deleted.

Thanks

Protocol Matters (talk) 13:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC) (copied from User talk:C.Fred)

If you are editing in any capacity on Wikipedia—including comments at user talk pages, challenging a proposed deletion, or participating in an Articles for Deletion discussion—then the conflict of interest rules apply.

The message that Sommer probably received is probably a templated message that goes to the creator of an article—in this case, advising her that if no action is taken to challenge the deletion, the article will be deleted after seven days. (Rather than "threat", it's better to term this a "warning" or "advisory".)

As for the current status of the article, another editor has challenged the deletion, so the proposed deletion will not go ahead. Had the proposed deletion not already been challenged, I would have done so on your behalf—there is no prohibition against connected contributors challenging proposed deletions, although the disclosure rules still apply. —C.Fred (talk) 13:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)