Bradebailey
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Bradebailey. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page South Carolina State Guard, 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:
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Trying to Update Reflecting Change of Command
editHello Longhair, I am not Wikipedia Savvy. I was asked to Update the South Carolina State Guard Wikipedia page to reflect that there was a change of command and a new commander and command staff. I also was told that the logo used for the organization is wrong and needs to be updated. I am obviously a bit out of my league here. Can somebody help me at least change out the logo since it isnt the logo. Out logo is on the main website: http://sg.sc.gov/index.php/operations/ and the change of command is documented: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/military/article222496330.html
Thank You for Your Input
BradeBailey
Bradebailey (talk) 15:42, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
- As you have a conflict of interest with South Carolina State Guard, it is advised to request edits to the article rather than edit the article directly. You may request edits at the talk page for the South Carolina State Guard article. Please also take the time to read over the information at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure; editors who are paid for their contributions must disclose that information on their userpage. The links I've provided within my reply should provide you with further information to assist. -- Longhair\talk 15:47, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
Conflict of Interest
editSo to re-verify what you are saying. Any person associated with an organization is considered a conflict of interest, including unpaid volunteers, such as myself. So edits should be requested to be done by the community. Bradebailey (talk) 16:08, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
- Correct. Volunteer editors still have a conflict of interest and for reasons of compliance with the Wikipedia Neutral point of view policy are asked to request edits to articles where a conflict of interest exists. You will still be required to disclose your conflict of interest as an unpaid volunteer. -- Longhair\talk 16:16, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
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