User talk:RSCH2024
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[edit]Hello, RSCH2024, 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, visit the Teahouse, 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! Drmies (talk) 00:31, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Drmies,
- Thank you so much for reaching out and bringing this to my attention! I am new to the Wiki editing space and was not aware of all of this side of it!! I am an individual person using this account, but I can see how my username can be misleading in looking like the account belongs to an agency or corporation. First, should I follow the process for changing my username to avoid this becoming an issue moving forward?
- I am also reading through the additional info about paid contributions. I was not aware of this previously, and that is my fault for not being more thorough in my research on policies beforehand. I have now updated my User page to include a disclosure statement. Are there any further steps I need to take regarding that?
- I found a discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Paid-contribution_disclosure by Tryptofish. Should I also follow the same steps as those articulated there moving forward with any potential edits (specific to the Cheryl Miller page)?
- Again, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! RSCH2024 (talk) 01:25, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, RSCH2024. I became aware of your question because you pinged me by the link you gave, so I'll try to answer about what I think while also intending that Drmies will speak for himself. I think you were referring to what I said to another user in the thread titled "I want to ensure that I'm fully disclosing my paid contributor status. (apologies if this is a duplicate topic)". If so, I would indeed say that it was advice that could be generalized to other editors in similar positions. I also think that Drmies has given you some good links to our policies on the subject. Thanks for cooperating with us on this. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for your response! Yes, that was the thread to which I was referring. I appreciate it! RSCH2024 (talk) 13:00, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, RSCH2024. I became aware of your question because you pinged me by the link you gave, so I'll try to answer about what I think while also intending that Drmies will speak for himself. I think you were referring to what I said to another user in the thread titled "I want to ensure that I'm fully disclosing my paid contributor status. (apologies if this is a duplicate topic)". If so, I would indeed say that it was advice that could be generalized to other editors in similar positions. I also think that Drmies has given you some good links to our policies on the subject. Thanks for cooperating with us on this. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:58, 25 October 2024 (UTC)