DavidHansenTridentTech

January 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "TridentTechMarketing", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, service, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

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 Thank you. GirthSummit _(blether) 18:28, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

COI and PAID editing guidance

Hi David, I see that you requested a change in username - I have therefore lifted the block on your account. Please understand however that you need to abide by the guidance set out at COI and PAID - please read these carefully before making any further edits. Note that you should avoid editing the page directly - rather, you should restrict yourself to making edit requests on the relevant talk page, supported by reliable sources, which unconflicted editors can then consider. Failure to abide by these requirements will result in your account being blocked again. Thanks GirthSummit _(blether) 19:13, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. I didn't know anything about the correct way to submit edits or COI/PAID. I work for Trident Technical College, so I just wanted to make sure accurate information was being shared with the public. Thanks for accepting some of my updates. I'll mention just one more thing ... the current description about the college says that we have "other campuses throughout the state." This is misleading. We are one of 16 technical colleges in the state. Each college has a defined service area. We serve these three counties: Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties. We have locations only in these three counties, not throughout the state. Information about our service area can be found under Role and Scope in our mission statement here: . DavidHansenTridentTech (talk) 20:39, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi again - you can make an edit request at the article talk page, asking that this be changed. It's best if you provide a reliable source - for details of this nature, the college's website should be OK. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 01:25, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

It's an easy request so I've handled it. But Girth Summit is correct than an "edit request" on the article's Talk page is the recommended way of requesting edits for articles where you might have a conflict of interest. (And if you make a request that doesn't get answered, feel free to drop me a line on my Talk page or request assistance here.) ElKevbo (talk) 02:16, 4 January 2020 (UTC)