User talk:Useraccount5486124
August 2023
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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Headwaters School. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Renewal6 (talk) 22:51, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Renewal6 (talk) 23:12, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Please show me where there is promotional material and I will happily remove. These are fatualy details about the school and it's programs. Useraccount5486124 (talk) 23:24, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, I have reverted your edit. Use of the school's website as a reference should be limited, as this is not a reliable, independent source. You also removed other references. Unsourced statements like "has voluntarily submitted to a rigorous and impartial review of its accreditation program" and "After a first year of learning and growth, the founders focused on developing the school's identity through mission and vision" read promotional. You also added external links to the main body of the article - please see the linked policy on that. And you copied and pasted some sentences directly from the website - this is a violation of the copyright policy. I have put a conflict of interest notice on this page below - please read it and follow the instructions if you work for or represent the school. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 07:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your feedback. I see. Thank you for your help and clarity. It is truly helpful. Useraccount5486124 (talk) 13:38, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, I have reverted your edit. Use of the school's website as a reference should be limited, as this is not a reliable, independent source. You also removed other references. Unsourced statements like "has voluntarily submitted to a rigorous and impartial review of its accreditation program" and "After a first year of learning and growth, the founders focused on developing the school's identity through mission and vision" read promotional. You also added external links to the main body of the article - please see the linked policy on that. And you copied and pasted some sentences directly from the website - this is a violation of the copyright policy. I have put a conflict of interest notice on this page below - please read it and follow the instructions if you work for or represent the school. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 07:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Useraccount5486124. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Headwaters School, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:
- avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
- propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template);
- disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
- avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
- do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.
In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 07:50, 25 August 2023 (UTC)