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Centennial Campaign

An editor who works for this university's public relations unit is insisting that this article include a section about the university's 2008-2009 capital campaign related to the university's centennial. First and foremost, the section is entirely unsourced. Second, the information simply isn't very interesting. Third, it's an incredibly bad idea for someone with a clear conflict of interest to not only edit this article but moreover to revert others' edits without even the courtesy of an edit summary or discussion in Talk. ElKevbo (talk) 15:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Kevin, As I was trying to figure out how to navigate this "talk" feature, I received the email that you have initiated a new discussion at Talk:Cameron University. I am new to the editing aspects of Wikipedia, so I thank you for making me aware of this feature. Even with the email, I cannot ascertain how to reply to the post you created. Clearly, I have a lot to learn. Any guidance you can provide would be much appreciated.
I would like to respond to your three points: 1. The section is entirely unsourced. - I added Cameron University as a source since the university developed and initiated this campaign. Please clarify what is lacking in that source.
2. The information simply isn't very interesting. - That is a subjective statement. I'm sure that are MILLIONS of sections on Wikipedia that you, I, and countless others find uninteresting. Yet if they are relevant to the topic page, they most likely are of interest to others.
3. It's an incredibly bad idea for someone with a clear conflict of interest to not only edit this article but moreover to revert others' edits without even the courtesy of an edit summary or discussion in Talk. - I'm not sure how it is a conflict of interest for someone who is affiliated with Cameron University to review edits to the page to insure accuracy and relevant content. I do think your point about revert edits without an explanation is valid. Again, thank you for making me aware of the Talk feature!
Please be aware that we are currently in the process of revising the entire Cameron University page. As with many Wikipedia pages, most of the content was posted years ago (the Centennial Campaign section is a prime example)and is in dire need of updating. Can you please provide insight on what is considered proper sourcing so that as we go forward, we make sure we meet those parameters?
Thank you for any information you can provide! — Preceding unsigned comment added by E.D. Cameron (talk • contribs) 16:26, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your response! I'll reply to each of your three points below:
1. We need a specific source, an artifact (website, printed publication, video, etc.) that meets our standards for reliability.
2. To gauge what is normally included in Wikipedia articles about universities, it may be helpful to review our advice for college and university articles. It may also be helpful to look at the very best college and university articles to get an idea of what some editors believe is ideal for these kinds of articles. In general, I recommend (a) keeping in mind that this is an encyclopedia for a general audience and (b) maintaining the long view on article content i.e., is this critical information of lasting importance?
3. I strongly recommend recommend you review our policies regarding conflicts of interest. This is an encyclopedia and it's highly inappropriate for people to editing it as if it's just an extension of their employer's website. I recommend that you not make significant edits to articles about your employer but instead that you make requests and recommendations in the article's Talk page so other editors who don't have a conflict of interest can evaluate the material and determine whether it's appropriate to include.
We would very much appreciate you making minor, uncontroversial edits to the article to help bring it up to date! But please don't make major edits to the article; run those by other editors in Talk and let them make the actual edits.
I copied this response from my Talk page; it appears that we both were writing responses to the same discussion in different locations at the same time. Let's keep the entire discussion here where it's more visible to other editors who might want to participate, too. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 20:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Article reassessed

This article meets the requirements for C class. Bruin2 (talk) 02:49, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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