User talk:Acarlton1

September 2021
Hello Acarlton1. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Lehigh University, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Acarlton1. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. MrOllie (talk) 20:10, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

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To whom it may concern: I am not paid directly or indirectly for any Wikipedia contributions. I am a student of the university and in my spare time have completed the associated edits based upon historical review of the buildings and laboratories I have had classes in and internet search regarding the emeritus faculty and alumni of the university. The only conflict of interest I have concerning Lehigh University is that I am affiliated through my current student status. Please let me know if there is any additional information you require. I do not believe that I have breached any terms of service and all of the edits I have made include the available wiki-links and exterior webpages to support them. If the editorial review has any issues with the edits please let me know I can change them, provide additional citation, or argue for their inclusion. I am new to Wikipedia editing and believed in good faith that I have been acting within the terms of service and ethically. Please advise.

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Why were the edits I made removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acarlton1 (talk • contribs)


 * Regardless of your motivations or whether or not you're being paid, Wikipedia isn't a vehicle for promotion. - MrOllie (talk) 13:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Please explain what I am promoting in any of my edits? Who made you Wikipedia enforcer? The edit I made are referenced, justified, and cited. You have no legitimate reason for removing the edits. Please explain your actions.