User talk:CensorMe

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Intheclouds records, 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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Thanks!

Hello 331dot, I am indeed new to Wikipedia and I'm not even sure if I am doing this right? I have purchased vinyl from Intheclouds records and wanted to add information for them on the Wiki page. {{Help me}} What do I need to do to clear the page for deletion? CensorMe (talk) 22:23, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I'm confused- are you asking how to delete the page, or to prevent it from being deleted?

I can see in the edit history of Intheclouds records that you edited the page nine minutes after it was created by the user SustainArtists. How did you come to find the page to edit it? Is this the only username you are using? 331dot (talk) 22:29, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

I am asking to prevent the page from being deleted.

This is the only username I am using. I received a message from the record label asking for people to contribute to the page. They said that the page receives a lot of scrutiny when first created so they wanted fans of the bands to add content so it would not get deleted right away. They sent a link, so I created an account and started adding content. CensorMe (talk) 22:39, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your answers. I would say that, while merely being a customer of this company would not be a major problem, if you are editing the article about the company at their request it could be seen as a conflict of interest. I would suggest reviewing that link for more information.

Regarding the page itself, it needs to indicate with independent reliable sources how the company meets the notability guidelines for companies in order to not be deleted. Right now, the sources given in the article seem to consist of interviews with the founder of the record label, which are considered primary sources and not acceptable for establishing notability. Wikipedia is not interested in what a company or its staff says about itself, but on what unaffiliated third parties state about it. 331dot (talk) 22:46, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

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