User talk:Wikibirb
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[edit]Hello, Wikibirb, 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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[edit]Hi there, User:Wikibirb. Thanks for your very good question on Teahouse. You have done the right thing by asking such a question there, in full view of the public, so that readers might regard your org as one attempting to act within Wikipedia norms. Based on your own characterization of the non-profit, it seems possible the org has gotten coverage over time. Before we might proceed to creating a potential draft article, we might discuss the risks in having an article about the org. Wikipedia is neither a business card nor a webhost. For example, no company can shield an article about themselves from negative information, if such negatives are reliably sourced. A well-intended non-profit like National Audubon Society might find themselves in naming controversy, for example. Since you have disclosed your association, you should avoid editing Wikipedia to advertise or publicize your organization. If you're still interested, a willing volunteer editor like myself might help you create a draft. You would begin by identifying existing Wikipedia articles in which your org is mentioned or covered, then accumulating a list of WP:Reliable sources significant coverage in subject-related books, websites and periodicals. We would make a list of such sources in draft space and see what we can say in Wikipedia's voice. We may take no compensation from such an agreement, and we'd be operating under the view of other like-minded wikipedians, many of whom have grown properly skeptical any sort of paid editing is helpful to our mission. BusterD (talk) 17:07, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'll add to that, I would appreciate Wikipedia having an article on the oldest nonprofit working with California State Parks. If you plan to write such an article, do it in draft space and submit it for review. You can learn about this process at Wikipedia:Articles for creation.
- Be sure you don't write the article WP:BACKWARD! That means, don't write the prose and then try to find sources. Find reliable sources first, and then write the article based on what those sources say. See Wikipedia:Golden Rule to learn what manner of sources you should look for. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:02, 16 May 2023 (UTC)