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 | This page in a nutshell: Wikipedia is full of rules you have never heard of. Don't despair! |
Right, so you are a notable person and have come to Wikipedia to edit an article that is related to you or your work, perhaps to add some useful details, or to fix a glaring error. And now you have heard one or all of the following:
- "Hey, you are editing with a conflict of interest! I've reported you at the Conflict of interest noticeboard!"
- "Stop spamming our project!"
- "You are not really all that notable at all, are you! I've nominated your article for deletion!"
- "Your edits are all unsourced! Stop adding original research!"
- "Stop using our project as a vehicle for self-promotion!"
- "You are using peacock language! Stop showing off!"
- "You have just made a legal threat! I've reported you to the administrators' noticeboard!"
And you realise that behind that tempting "edit" tab at the top of your biography, there awaits a posse of anonymous Wikipedians ready to haul you over the coals for infringement of a million rules you've never heard of. Worry not, help is at hand! With a bit of luck, it will all work out, and you will make some friends here!