Rrothberg
Hello, Rrothberg, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 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.
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February 2012
edit- You're probably aware that another Guggenheim employee, Lmotzkin (talk · contribs) came here to add PR blather to Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and to delete material for unexplained reasons. Can you explain why you are doing this? Your edit summaries are blank.
- You cannot just copy-paste from the Guggenheim's website. First, it's copyrighted. It says "Copyright The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation" right on the page you copied from. Wikpedia respects copyright. See Wikipedia:Copyrights and WP:Copy-paste. Second, Wikipdia is not soapbox for The Guggenheim or anyone else to distribute press releases. Wikipedia relies on third party sources.
- I would discourage you from further conflict-of-interest editing. Editing Wikipedia articles about your employer is extremely difficult, because it is not easy to put aside your bias and write a neutral article. Why not contribute to topics on Wikipedia that you are not associated with?--Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:34, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Second warning
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Your addition to Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Press release copied from http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/press-release-archive/2000/693-december-18-the-global-guggenheim --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:40, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Update
editHello. We have been working with User:ssilvers to understand how to add constructively to articles relating to the Foundation and have read WP:COI. Please be patient as we learn our way around Wikipedia. Thanks. Ssilvers (talk) 17:55, 6 March 2012 (UTC) (on behalf of User:Rrothberg)