User talk:Lana Thrasher

Welcome!

Hello, Lana Thrasher, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Neil Thrasher, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:58, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Editing when you have a conflict of interest

Hi, Lana. Over the last 20 years, we have developed such a morass of policies, guidelines, and processes that it's sometimes difficult to tell where to start. Here is a very brief summary:

You have a conflict of interest (COI). Not a negative, just a fact. See WP:COI.
An editor with a conflict of interest should not directly edit an affected article. Instead, make specific suggestions on the article's talk page.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and articles should have an encyclopedic tone. See WP:N.
If there is an assertion in the article that is supported by a reference to what we call a "reliable source", then we will not remove it if it is relevant.
In general, we will add information if you cite a reliable source.
If your source contradicts another reliable source, we will present both and note the discrepancy.
If there is an assertion that is not cited to a reliable source, it should be removed from the article. This the only case where an editor with a COI should edit the article. See WP:BLP. If it's not urgent, please make a suggestion on the article's talk page even in this situation.

Feel free to take any question about all this to the help desk, or ask me on my talk page. If the article needs to be improved, we really want your help to improve it. -Arch dude (talk) 17:50, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You say your husband is also your client. Then you must make the required mandatory disclosure of your status as a paid editor before doing anything more on this site. This has nothing to do with your feller, and everything to do with our integrity. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:36, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]