User talk:Breaktimejacob
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May 2024[edit]
Hello, I'm TornadoLGS. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Breaktime (organization) have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. TornadoLGS (talk) 18:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- got it, thank you! Breaktimejacob (talk) 18:08, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- A couple other notes on your edits. The comments above contain links to Wikipedia policies and guidelines that you may find useful. I'll also note that another reason your edit was reverted is that a lot of the statements either were not supported by sources or cited the organization's website. Where possible, information should be sourced from secondary sources that are Independent of the article's subject. TornadoLGS (talk) 18:12, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- Also noting that it is a common thing for people to come in in the interest of updating information. In general you want to keep things as objective as possible and limit the updates to notable events such as expansion or changes in leadership. TornadoLGS (talk) 18:14, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- all really helpful! thank you! if i may, i do think there is one place where update is necessary. on the wikipedia page, it says that the third segment of the program is only nine months, but it is in fact three years (https://www.breaktime.org/missionandmodel#:~:text=At%20the%20conclusion%20of%20Liftoff,education%20goals%20via%20Pathway%20Coaching.). No secondary source details this change, only because the organization's every update is not necessarily covered in journalism or media. Would it be possible to make only this change on the page? If not, no worry -- I doubt the inaccuracy is affecting anyone severely Breaktimejacob (talk) 19:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
- A simple update like that should be fine. I would suggest adding the new citation next to the existing one. Aside from simple stuff like that, users affiliated with the organization are usually expected to take a limited role (such as fixing formatting or grammatical errors or reverting obvious vandalism). I would also recommend placing this template {{UserboxCOI|Breaktime (organization)}} on your userpage since your username implies that you are affiliated with the organization. I'd also like to thank you for cooperating. Not all editors in your position take it so well. TornadoLGS (talk) 00:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- all really helpful! thank you! if i may, i do think there is one place where update is necessary. on the wikipedia page, it says that the third segment of the program is only nine months, but it is in fact three years (https://www.breaktime.org/missionandmodel#:~:text=At%20the%20conclusion%20of%20Liftoff,education%20goals%20via%20Pathway%20Coaching.). No secondary source details this change, only because the organization's every update is not necessarily covered in journalism or media. Would it be possible to make only this change on the page? If not, no worry -- I doubt the inaccuracy is affecting anyone severely Breaktimejacob (talk) 19:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)