User talk:Clarkeybear

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I'm confused about page edits generally. here are some questions

a) I work somewhere, sometimes we have updates on current information about the institution where I work e.g. a key member of staff referenced in our wiki article has left/been replaced by a prominent public figure and we need to update this on our page. What is the best practice for making such updates?

b) If an addition to the page is made, and then another user comes on and makes a series of edits, one of which deletes this addition, what is the best way to understand why this deletion was made? The explanation given in this specific example was 'update ref', but I don't understand what was wrong with the original ref. Is there a good way to discuss a specific edit with the person who made it to understand how to improve my edits (so that they're not deleted!)?

Clarkeybear (talk) 08:50, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Clarkeybear.

If you work somewhere and part of your duties involves maintaining the Wikipedia page of your company, that needs to be explicity declared on your user page. If you're updating the page in your own time, it's a good idea to declare that you have a connection but that you're making the updates voluntarily.

When you make changes to any article, they need to be supported by source material and a reference created. It's not possible, unfortunately, to allow you to make changes based solely on your own knowledge, internal company communications etc. Staffing details can usually be sourced to your institution's own website, unless controversial or likely to be disputed, in which case a third party, independent source would be needed. If you are aware of a third party, independent source reporting staffing changes, it's always best to use that.

Changes that are made which don't match given references are likely to be reverted, which is why it's so important to provide new references supporting any change you make. That's the usual explanation for someone coming along and reverting changes you've made.

If you want to discuss the changes with the editor, each editor has a talk page just like this one, which you can reach by clicking on the View History tab above and to the right of the article title, and when you find the editor who has made the changes, clicking the Talk link next to their name will take you to their talk page, which will look a bit like this one.

Alternatively, if more than one person has changed the edits you want to make, the article also has a talk page, which can be reached by clicking the Talk tab, which is usually directly above the article title, towards the left side of the page, and just a little across from the Wikipedia logo.

Hope this helps. Nick (talk) 11:33, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Nick. I wasn't sure if I could use their talk page, so that's good to know. I think I have sorted the specific issue - and good plan - I'll make a user page and declare my involvement with the organisation :) Clarkeybear (talk) 12:58, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]