Talk:National CleanUp Day

COI tag (March 2021)
Major contibutions by User:Stevejewett which matches org co-founder as stated in article. MB 02:13, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * National CleanUp Day Logo 2021.jpg

COI tag (January 2022)
editing by the founder Ongoing edits by a user that appears to have a significant connection to the event or the organization Graywalls (talk) 11:24, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

COI Tags Discussion
Hi Graywalls,

Thanks for pointing out the recently added content and understand your concern. Prior video needed to be updated so it did not reference a specific year. This video meets the wiki video guidelines. There was a similar COI tag and discussion back in 2021. The consensus was the content was appropriate, well referenced, and came from a variety of Wikipedians. There are other examples of short videos just like this. The earlier COI tag was removed by another user after about three weeks of reviews. I suppose an edit could remove the content and re-add from wiki commons but that seems unnecessary. Does this work?

Awaiting further comments for removal of the COI tag.

Have an absolutely fantastic day!

Steve Co-Founder National CleanUp Day Stevejewett (talk) 13:41, 30 January 2022 (UTC)


 * , what discussion? There's hardly any talk. Disclosing your affiliation does not mean that the article does not need to stick to neutral point of view discussion. Generally, those closely affiliated with the subject are strongly discouraged from participating. I have searched the COI noticeboard and I'm not seeing any discussion about this article. Graywalls (talk) 18:27, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

I’ve literally never made an edit before, but here I am. I’ve never seen an article so obviously written by someone affiliated with the group. The little infobox at the top, where it references where this is celebrated, normal style would be something like “Internationally” or “Worldwide,” it would never be an entire sentence. The quick description there would never say something like “sea to shining sea.”

Now, I’m an Anonymous Coward, so I can say this: You’d probably get away with it if you got it in line with what’s normal style here. It’s discouraged, not outright banned. I’m in social work, one often has to toot their own horn to get word out - at all. And, unless you’re hiding something (and if you are, shame shame), you’ve no controversial issue that could be covered up. I’m sure a volunteer left a full bag of garbage somewhere, but this is an encyclopedia, not a dossier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:98B:4100:8763:98BA:CCAA:4F54:6E65 (talk) 02:31, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

The tag shouldn't have been remove. Major contributors whose contribution remain here clearly appear to have significant association with the organization. Graywalls (talk) 22:06, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi Graywalls,

The style and references follow that of many other wiki pages. Please edit individual lines. I have refrained from making edits after your original COI. How about if we give others a chance to do further edits?

Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevejewett (talk • contribs) 06:23, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , the source you added back cites sources in which your company directly controls, this is not neutral point of view. This article has constantly been plagued with promotional contents. You shouldn't be engaging in contents dispute on a page in which you have a conflict of interest. Also, at this point, please advise if another editor Bennelson has any connection to National Cleanup Day as their editing pattern indicates connection as well as information found on the web. I had conflict-of-interest concerns regarding your editing and you were invited to provide your input on COI Noticeboard back on June 28, 2023. You did not engage in this talk page, or on noticeboard. Graywalls (talk) 06:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)