User talk:Apinchofspence

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Apinchofspence. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Marianne Williamson, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. S0091 (talk) 22:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Per your note on my talk page, you are a volunteer for her campaign, thus do have a COI, as is anyone who is affiliated with her or her campaign. Please read the above thoroughly and follow the guidance by declaring your COI and not editing the article directly but rather making edit requests.  If you have questions or need help, you can ask at the Teahouse.  S0091 (talk) 23:33, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * If you edit the article again, I will request you be blocked. I suggest you undo your last edit and make an edit request as per the guideline.  S0091 (talk) 23:41, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * What is your problem? I'm simply adding additons to the article with citations of the works/images. Apinchofspence (talk) 23:42, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, you have a conflict of interest so should not edit the article directly. Undo all of your last edits and make edit requests. S0091 (talk) 23:43, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The conflict of interest does not impact the integrity of the wikipedia article/page. I suggest leaving my edits alone and leaving them for peer review. Apinchofspence (talk) 23:45, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, having a conflict of interest does impact the integrity of Wikipedia and the purpose of making edit requests is so someone else can review them. Again, failure to follow these guidelines will result you being blocked.  Another editor has already reverted your changes at least in part.  S0091 (talk) 23:50, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest a Wikipedia admin review the edits made. Apinchofspence (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That's not how Wikipedia works. Admins do not get involved with making content decisions. They are either acting as an editor or an admin (blocking editors, deleting content, etc.) and the last editor who removed the image you added, @Discospinster, is actually also an administrator.  You are more than welcome do double check with what I am telling you at the Teahouse but at the end of the day, if you keep editing the article directly, you will be blocked. S0091 (talk) 00:02, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @S0091
 * From Conflict of interest
 * Supplying photographs and media files:
 * Editors with a COI are encouraged to upload high-quality media files that are appropriately licensed for Wikipedia and that improve our coverage of a subject. For more information, follow the instructions at Commons. In some cases, the addition of media files to an article may be an uncontroversial edit that editors with a COI can make directly, but editors should exercise discretion and rely on talk pages when images may be controversial or promotional. If the addition of an image is challenged by another editor, it is controversial. Apinchofspence (talk) 00:04, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, uploading an image is fine as long as it meets the copyright requirements. Actually adding it to the article is the issue and it has been removed so is challenged.  S0091 (talk) 00:09, 9 April 2023 (UTC)