Ohio Communicator

Welcome!

Hello, OWU Communicator, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Ohio Wesleyan University, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms our use and policy on paid editing.

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Kleuske (talk) 14:55, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "OWU Communicator", 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, 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".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Please also read our paid editing policy and our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please request a change of username, by completing this form, choosing a username that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. ElKevbo (talk) 16:11, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

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July 2018

Hello, Ohio Communicator. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI 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, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. ElKevbo (talk) 20:38, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Elkevbo Thank you for your patience and for all of the helpful information. I have to admit, I'm finding all of the guidelines and coding a bit overwhelming. By chance is there a YouTube video (or video series) that you recommend? I wanted to submit yesterday's changes (now reverted) to an editor first, but I wasn't sure whether to just make a brand new second copy vs. trying to use some form of "track changes" in the actual article. Again, I appreciate your notes and explanations. Best, Ohio Communicator (talk) 14:39, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

No, I don't know of a video that would be directly relevant; I'll ask around and let you know if I find one!

In the meantime, the best advice I can offer is to make suggestions and ask questions in the article's Talk page. Just follow that link, click the "New section" link at the top of that page, and post your suggestions or questions so other editors who don't have a conflict of interest can help. If no one responds in a reasonable time frame, feel free to let me know directly or ask a larger group of editors interested in college and university articles for help. ElKevbo (talk) 15:27, 19 July 2018 (UTC)