User talk:Milnem00

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Hello, Milnem00, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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.

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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! John from Idegon (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Milnem00, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! John from Idegon (talk) 21:14, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Going forward from here as a paid editor

Again, I want to thank you for your upfront comments. It's very refreshing. And a quick note...I am at work, and will likely have to do this in pieces...my apologies.

First off, the requirements. As a person employed in the communications department of the subject of the article, unambiguously, you are a PAID editor on articles related to Culver. There are certain requirements you have to fulfill prior to you making any more edits anywhere on the subject of Culver. They are outlined in the link for PAID, and include a declaration template on your userpage (which you have not created yet) and a template on the talk page of the article (just below the project and talk header templates). Best practice for you going forward would be to not edit the article directly at all, but to propose, using the paid edit request template, changes on the article talk page. There is an exception for reverting obvious vandalism, but you need to be clear on what does and doesn't constitute vandalism before you take that option. If the instructions baffle you, use the Teahouse link above to ask for help.

Second, please understand that as a paid editor, you are likely to be doomed to forever being an outlier here. No one involved in content creation or maintenance on Wikipedia gets paid for their work. No one. We are all volunteers, and many if not most, resent their time they donate to Wikipedia being taken up by people who are getting paid by someone else to do things (usually of a PR nature) here. I am only willing to help you because you've been upfront and honest, and also because Culver is a subject that interests me. (I grew up in Hobart and my grandparents lived in Warsaw. I've visited your campus many times, and had a couple friends attend there. Not to mention being constantly threatened by my father that I was going to be attending there too if I didn't straighten up!)....more in a few. Duty calls. John from Idegon (talk) 21:46, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One other note, quickly...whereas I am more than willing to help you improve the article, there are three things you will need to understand.

First, going back to my outlier comment above, I am not willing to take my time to teach you how to edit Wikipedia. Although I have a fair amount of experience doing that, I am not going to give up my time to do that for someone being compensated to do it. The Teahouse is a great resource. Just practice by making small edits to unrelated subjects that interest you. Look at articles in the edit window to gain an understanding of how the coding works. Ask questions at Teahouse. Again, I am more than happy (and somewhat exited) to help you with the article you are being paid to look out for.

Second, you must understand that the article on Culver is in no way for Culver. PROMO editing is forbidden by one of our pillar policies. It sounds like you understand that. It would be good if you familiarized yourself with the school article guidelines. They outline what we do and don't talk about in school articles.

Third, please remember this in whatever you do on Wikipedia: We do not write about the subject of the article; instead, we write about what has been written about the subject of the article. Nothing you know, nothing that is only sourcable to internal school documents, nothing you've been told can ever be used here. Except for totally obvious things (which do not need sourcing) or very mundane, completely neutral and non-promotional things (which can be sourced to the school and is limited to indisputable info such as staff or address, or content deemed encyclopedic by the community that cannot be sourced elsewhere), evry single thing you want added to the article will need to be accompanied by a reference to a source that is secondary, independent and reliable.

Looking forward to working with you! John from Idegon (talk) 22:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]