User talk:AjenARTIC

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Hello, AjenARTIC, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Water Lilies (Monet series), 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.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Help request
Hi there, thank you for getting in touch with such a warm welcome! I indeed work in the director's office of The Art Institute of Chicago, and want to make sure I don't make any questionable edits. As of now, I am not writing any text, just updating titles, mediums and dimensions of our 50 most popular artworks — as well as updating broken links. For example, several artworks were listed as being in the collection of the "Chicago Art Institute," which is not our name; also, one footnote led the visitor to an article that mentioned Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte as being in the collection of the Met in New York (The Met owns a study of the painting, and a quick glance could prove confusing).

In any case, I am wondering if I would be allowed to be continue with these types of edits? In regards to my account name "AjenARTIC" is that OK, or should all affiliation of the institution be taken out? The account belongs to me, and I am the only person working on this project.

Thank you for your time and consideration! My very best AjenARTIC (talk) 22:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Your username looks okay.
 * Your editing may not be. Your affiliation with the Art Institute of Chicago is something you need to disclose on your user page, which has not yet been created.
 * Once you have made that disclosure, you are asked to use the request edit template. Making changes without citing a published source, preferably a source other than the Art Institute's own publications, is going to be a problem. You cannot make edits based on your own authority. There's an essay that explains some of the niceties at: Expert editors.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 23:24, 17 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello,, and welcome. I hope you like it here! For a quick guide on editing with a conflict of interest (COI), see WP:PSCOI. You're welcome to read WP:DISCLOSE for information on disclosing a conflict of interest – that is, any article in which you have an external relationship with, such as your employer. Under Wikipedia's Terms of Use, you must disclose "your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation". Methods for disclosure can be found at WP:DISCLOSE. (If you are being paid by your employer for your edits to Wikipedia, there is another step to this.)
 * Editors are discouraged from making edits to pages where they have a conflict of interest, as it prevents a neutral point of view, however alternatives such as edit requests, in which an unrelated editor can propose changes to articles in which you have a COI in their own words, exist. You may also want to read the Wikipedia policy on original research, which states that all material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source.
 * As for your username, it seems fine to me according to our username policy. See § Usernames implying shared use: "usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as 'Mark at WidgetsUSA', etc." (in other words, affiliation is allowed). Hope this is helpful to you. If you have anymore questions, feel free to reply here! Thanks,  TG HL ↗  23:32, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Use of edit requests
Hey there, I think you may have misunderstood the guidelines mentioned above around WP:COI editing and edit requests. On your user page you wrote "I am not yet writing any original content that may include my opinion. If I do, I will be sure to use the (request edit) function", but the scope of what constitutes a COI is, as I understand it, a fair bit wider than that. I noticed you've made several edits that move mentions of AIC up into a more prominent position in the article (e.g. Special:Diff/1023685108), or add mentions of AIC where there were none before (e.g. Special:Diff/1027389954). Even though I'm sure you're making these changes in good faith to try to improve the articles, such edits at least have the appearance of a possible COI, since they're giving a more prominent weight to your organization within the article. I'd strongly suggest using edit requests for changes like these. Happy editing! Colin M (talk) 21:14, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello there, thank you for pointing this out, and apologize for the misunderstanding. I will review the policy of COIs now. As for writing original content, I will be sure to consult with outside sources / academics and submit any possible changes as edit requests going forward. With appreciation!