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SwisterTwister talk 21:46, 28 June 2012 (UTC) reply

 

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Hello, Draek. You have new messages at Talk:Unidentified flying object.
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Michaelzeng7 ( talk) 20:08, 4 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Promoting your own World UFO Day website

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

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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.-- McGeddon ( talk) 13:39, 8 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Oh, don't worry, so long as you follow the above guidelines it needn't be a problem if you're affiliated with the site. Is File:World_UFO_Day_Poster.jpg definitely your own work, though? It would be problematic for Wikipedia to be using a website's poster without the permission of the original artist. -- McGeddon ( talk) 14:26, 8 October 2012 (UTC) reply

World UFO Day

Sure, feel free to make any changes you like - you and I are both just editors here. Just make sure you use reliable sources; the first link you give seems to be from a site where any user can submit a story, and the MUFON page (although respectable) seems to just be reprinting a paragraph from worldufoday.com with no critical commentary of its own. -- McGeddon ( talk) 10:17, 9 October 2012 (UTC) reply