User talk:Rjxca

Public Interst Research Group edit request

Hi Rjxca. I saw the edit request you left at Talk:Public Interest Research Group#Edit request!. While I can appreciate the time you took to write all that out, I have a feeling that it's going to take a while for someone to be willing to reposnd to it simply because you are requesting so many changes at once. It would probably be better for you to break up your requests into more bite-sized bits to make it easier for someone to repsond. Perhaps you can prioritize your request by need/urgency or split it up by article sections. While it's possible one a large request to be answered by multiple editors (i.e., partial replies) this can sometimes lead to even more confusion and possible redundant responses. Try and remember that all editors are volunteers who pick and choose what and when to edit. As you can tell from the template you added, there tends to be quite a backlog with requests like these which means that those trying to help out may be looking for responses that they can quickly deal with and not something that is going to take quite a bit of time to read through and assess. Take a look at Wikipedia:Edit requests for some general information aout making request, but the easiest ones to answer tend to be those worded the most clearly such as "Change A to B in section C" or "Add this source as a citation for this statement", etc. You can also try asking for assistance at WP:COIN or even one of the WikiProjects listed on the article's talk page

In addition, the fact that you have a WP:COI does not necessarily mean you are expressly prohibited from ever edits to the article. Anything which might be fall under WP:COIADVICE should be OK for you to do as long as you leave a clear edit sum explaining while and perhaps further clarify with a post on the article's talk page. Any change you make which someone else deems to be controversial might be reverted, and if that happens you can then initiate a discussion on the article's talk page. As long as you don't try to hide your COI and willing to work within the limits placed on upon it by the Wikipedia community, you should not have any serious problems with other editors. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:48, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your guidance Marchjuly! Seriously very helpful. I've added the paid closure language to both my user talk page and on the original monster post outlining all my suggested edits. I'd love to ask one more question of you, if I might: before breaking up the edits into smaller, more manageable pieces, would it be better to delete the original post to avoid confusion, or to leave the original post for record's sake and add a note at the top stating that I've broken down the edits in other requests? Rjxca (talk) 23:14, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

If nobody has responded to your post, you can remove it if you like; just leave an edit sum explaining why. If some one has responded to your post, you should follow WP:REDACT if you want to edit it/remove it. — Marchjuly (talk) 23:26, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

File:NewUSPLogo.jpg

This file can likely be licensed the same way as File:U.S. PIRG logo.png because in general text such as this are considered to be below the threshold of originality considered necessary for copyright protection under US copyright law. Different countries have different thresholds, but the one for the c:COM:TOO#United States is pretty low in comparison to some other countries and logos such as this are usually considered acceptable as {{PD-logo}}.

The way you've currently licensed File:NewUSPLogo.jpg makes it non-free content which means that each use of it on Wikipedia must satisfy Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. This policy by design is intended to be quite restrictive which means that non-free files are not nearly as easily used on Wikipedia as public domain or freely licensed files, and there are restrictions placed upon image resolution and size that do not apply to "free" files.

There are a couple of things you can do here.

1. Change the licensing of the file you uploaded from {{Non-free logo}} to {{PD-logo}}, change {{Non-free use rationale 2}} template to {{Information}}, add {{Trademark}} and {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}. You can do all of this by going to the files page and clicking on "Edit" at the top. (Click on the blue links for specific information about how to use each template.)
2. Re-upload the new logo to Wikimedia Commons basically under the same licensing as the old logo. You do this a couple of ways: (1) simply upload the new logo as a separate file as explained in c:Commons:Upload or (2) upload the new logo as an updated version of the older file by going to the older file's page and clicking "Upload a new version of this file". The benefit of the former is that it creates a new file without overwritting the older one, which means that both versions are still essentially alive and can be used. The latter method means that the older version will be overwritten and automatically replaced by the newer one wherever it is being used. You can ask for more specific advice about this at c:Commons:Help desk.

If you decide to do option two, the local file on Wikipedia will need to be deleted. You can do this a couple of ways: add {{db-g7}} to the top of the file's page before you upload the new version to Commons or add {{Now Commons}} after you upload the new version to Commons. FWIW, db-g7 is probably faster since it doesn't require an adminstrator checking a Commons file to see if deletion is in order. If you have any questions about any of this, you can ask here or at WP:MCQ. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:28, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Conflict of interest editing

Hello, Rjxca. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Public Interest Research Group, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
• instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
• when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:29, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

I've added the above template because it includes lots of links relevant to COI editing. Although all of the links are important, be especially careful with WP:PAID because this is the one that can quickly get you in the most trouble if you're not careful. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:31, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:NewUSPLogo.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:33, 11 November 2017 (UTC)