D clef

December 2012

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Nikolai Medtner, because to me it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks, Jim1138 (talk) 10:17, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

You stated that you have in interest in openclassical.com on talk page.

Per Wikipedia:Conflict of interest:
A Wikipedia conflict of interest (COI) is an incompatibility between the aim of Wikipedia, which is to produce a neutral, reliably sourced encyclopedia, and the aims of an individual editor. COI editing involves contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote your own interests or those of other individuals, companies, or groups. When advancing outside interests is more important to an editor than advancing the aims of Wikipedia, that editor stands in a conflict of interest.

To avoid adding links that are potentially a conflict of interest, you should use an "edit request": see the page and (specifically the section) Wikipedia:Edit_requests#Making_requests which describes how to do this. I have added the COI template below for more information. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 18:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello, D clef. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content 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. Jim1138 (talk) 18:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Jim1138 - I just wanted to say thanks for bringing all this to our attention. I don't believe COI applies to our project, but it's definitely something we had not considered before. We'll be back in touch as openclassical becomes more complete. Thanks D clef (talk) 02:33, 10 December 2012 (UTC)