User talk:Adrian Vickers

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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 hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! JarrahTree 06:37, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

just a note[edit]

It would be very useful to see somewhere something that shows you understand the issues that arise from having an account in your name - one version to see is Peter McCawleys approach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pmccawley - he is up front on his user page, whereas some others are less obvious... a very basic thing is if you are updating correcting - any extra WP:RS are always appreciated as many Indonesian topic articles have insufficient. You are most welcome to ask Peter about me and my context, or Robert Cribb at ANU - it is just important to understand the issues that arise in editing wikipedia - the more experience knowledgable editors the better - it is just there are some conventions - and always worth checking... Thanks. JarrahTree 08:02, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you very much for your unacknowledged improvements to the article on Balinese Art - it is much appreciated. I was in Bali for a wikipedia conference a year or so ago, and I could not believe how poor/bad the wikipedia articles are/were about places in Bali - it is such an un-systematic and irregular system of volunteers with very narrow edit realms, that whole chunks of material about Indonesia are so substandard... JarrahTree 08:12, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, agree, once I get used to this medium I’ll do more work and get students to contribute. The scale of the dodgy entries is a bit overwhelming. Adrian Vickers (talk) 08:30, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adrian, welcome indeed! WP is always looking for good editors. :) We understand you might know a little about Indonesia...he he. We can put your page on our personal watchlists (I check mine daily mostly). This help us catch such vandalism quicker. --Merbabu (talk) 09:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PS - if it continues, it can be put on semi-protection so that only registered editors can update it...but it's good to keep in unprotected if possible to encourage as many edits as possible. --Merbabu (talk) 09:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]