User talk:Amina Said, UNV

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April 2020
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Unblocked with caution
heading added ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:30, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I work for UNV as the web manager and corrected an error in the article about our organization. The name of our executive Coordinator was linking to a pseudonym, a French celebrity. I deactivated the link, and would like to submit an article to you with the bio of our executive, so I can link to that instead in our article. How do I do that. I also need to edit the article about UNV, as it is out of date. How do I do that?

Kind regards, Amina Amina Said, UNV (talk) 12:08, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you very much – both for the open disclosure from the very beginning, and for requesting the username change. I have now unblocked your account, but:
 * Instead of editing the article directly, please click "Talk" at the top of it. There is an orange warning box at the top of the talk page, and you can click the text "request corrections on or suggest content" to easily request changes.
 * Please have a look at WP:INTREF before requesting changes.
 * Please avoid writing about people connected to you or UNV. The creation of biographies of living people is a minefield a paid editor should strongly avoid entering. The advice at WP:AUTOBIO, normally meant for article subjects themselves, applies to your situation as well.
 * Please note that you do not "need" to edit the article, as there is no ownership of articles and you have a strong conflict of interest. See WP:FAQ/Organizations for details.
 * Thank you very much and best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:30, 24 April 2020 (UTC)