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July 2010

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to ASM International (society) ‎. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Empty Buffer (talk) 14:48, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

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  Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article ASM International (society), 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, 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;
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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 a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Empty Buffer (talk) 14:59, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to ASM International (society). While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. Empty Buffer (talk) 15:08, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop. If you continue to add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to ASM International (society), you may be blocked from editing. Empty Buffer (talk) 17:41, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply