Libraryguy1312

April 2022

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 Thank you. Widr (talk) 16:07, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Rename from "ACLmarketing" to "Libraryguy1312"

successful. Welcome back. Unblocked. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:10, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Welcome!

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--Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:10, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Disclosures

Please read and heed WP:COI and WP:PAID. Thanks --Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:55, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I got lazy and just copy-pasted on DGG's talk page. I've read those through and it's not entirely clear to me if a disclosure on my user-page is sufficient. There's a template mentioned, but that appears to be something that's designed for transclusion on Talk pages? As for the "list of paid edits" ... isn't that all of my edits?

I'm having trouble, I think, because the material seems to cover a much larger set of scenarios than my situation. Most of it appears to be dealing with people who are professional posters for hire, as it were, rather than simply employees of an organization editing on organizational pages. -Libraryguy1312 (talk) 16:59, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

@Deepfriedokra, to the best of my understanding, I've placed the disclosures on my User page... am I correct that this is sufficient, and that I can continue editing Alameda County Library?? -Libraryguy1312 (talk) 17:17, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

to clarify things: WIRs are not supposed write about their own library or other institution. They are expected to help other people in the library understand Wikipedia so they can explain it to users, and to guide and instruct patrons in using WP and in writing their own articles. If they do that, there is no problem with paid. Otherwise, like anyone else employed by the library, they must follow COI with respect to their own system.

If you are doing an uncontroversial update to an article, there is no reason not to do it directly in mainspace. If you are doing it in a manner that might be considered promotional, it has to be done via an edit request, which is an extremely cumbersome system. This may sound excessively cautious, but the interpretation of the rules became stricter after we had one WiR (at Harvard) wrote controversial promotional material about his institute and its director. DGG ( talk ) 03:38, 16 April 2022 (UTC)