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Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SusanFlorez. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page List of exhibitions by Ron English, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Please disclose the nature of your connection to Ron English. Thank you. Netherzone (talk) 20:44, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Netherzone! Nice to meet you! I was actually just told that the list is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Here is the conversation link, not sure if you can see my responses or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_exhibitions_by_Ron_English

So it seems like I should find another home for it.

As far as my relationship to Ron Engish, indeed I do have a relationship with him, so this might be another reason to take down the page? Although I don't feel like it is promoting or biased, and everything is meticulously sourced. I am actually his sister and archivist, and have been working for the past 7 years organizing his files and works, so I wanted to share the info so that anyone who wants to do research on him now or in the future would have access to all my years of work ;). I'm sure I can find another platform, or build one, so it's no problem to remove the page. Would you recommend I do it now?

Oh and by the way, I checked out your wikipage here (chismosa as we say in Spanish, means nosy, LOL!) and wow!! You are amazing. I feel like I'm messaging a rock star right now. I am very grateful in general to everyone who makes Wikipedia possible, and it's so cool that people pay attention to new articles, I feel honored. Yes, I'm a total nerd, I admit it.

In any case, apologies for the conflict of interest, it didn't even cross my mind, and also for the inappropriate list. Please let me know what I should do and I will happily comply! Thanks for taking the time to reach out! SusanFlorez (talk) 21:46, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Susan, thank you for your kind note and for disclosing your COI re: Ron English. I would suggest blanking or deleting your two sandboxes with promotional content about your brother. That content belongs on his personal website, or his gallerists websites. Otherwise someone else may tag them as WP:PROMO or unambiguous advertising. WP is an encyclopedia, and on occasion, it is misunderstood as a place to put up a "free website" to advertise or promote persons or products or businesses. I totally understand that you were not aware of the Conflict of Interest guidelines and policies, and I hope that you please understand that this is how the integrity of the encyclopedia is maintained. I can tell that you spent a lot of time crafting these sandbox drafts, so I'd suggest copying and pasting them into your own document on your computer, so you might be able to use them on Ron's personal website. Hope this is helpful, and thank you for your efforts and contributions. Best regards, Netherzone (talk) 22:53, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Understood! I now understand that my research belongs somewhere else, and sorry for the trouble! I am building a website to house the information now, so exciting! I have completely blanked out my sandboxes, per your recommendation. Thanks so much for your understanding. :) SusanFlorez (talk) 11:46, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for understanding and good luck with the new website! Netherzone (talk) 12:34, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]