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- In addition to the above little welcome message, I just want to let you know that I replied to you on
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Hi Nolelover, thank you for your message. Just to clarify, I represent Colombo Fashion Week and this copy was written for both our website and the Wikipedia page. Does it still mean, I have to reword all of it for it to appear on the page or can it be reverted to this version:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Colombo_Fashion_Week&oldid=966361175
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Thank you for clarifying Drm310, I will reword the article as per guidelines.
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07:06, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
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- @
ChristalinC: I just want to go ahead and flag a couple of other issues that will likely arise with your edits. You mentioned that you represent CFW--I assume that means you're employed by them. This is a fairly basic
conflict of interest and while that doesn't mean you're prohibited from editing Wikipedia, you're going to face a higher standard in regards to the edits you make. Here is
Wikipedia's plain and simple conflict of interest guide and I encourage you to read over this, as your edits will continually get reverted if you don't understand the bullet points at the top of that page. Broadly speaking, you need to remember that Wikipedia is not a place to advertise the fashion week, so the material you add needs to be backed up by independent sourcing--not just histories or explanations that the CFW has published about itself (aka primary or first-party sources). You can use primary sources for basic facts (say, where and when the fashion week happens or who founded it) but when demonstrating why the CFW is important or notable, you really should point to third-party sources. Let me know if you have any questions.
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- One more comment--it's totally fine to use non-English third-party sources. If there are trustworthy Sir Lankan newspapers that have written about CFW, it's perfectly fine to use those as sources.
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