User talk:Atrudden

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September 2018
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October 2018
Hello, Atrudden. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Heartbeat International (crisis pregnancy center network), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI 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:


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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.Ponydepression (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Message text. Atrudden (talk) 16:09, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your clarification. Can you help me understand, then, who should make edits about our organization? We were made aware that the Wikipedia "definition" of our organization was very inaccurate by a few people, so I went in and simply put in our organization's mission and history. The other information that had been posted was very biased against our organization and actually included inaccurate information. How should I proceed in order to take down false info if I as an employee am not able to edit?

I am new to Wikipedia editing and appreciate your guidance.
 * Thank you for asking. Your approach should not be to "take down" information you or your organization feels is false, but to explain your reasoning and propose changes on the article's talk page. Since you are with the organization, you have a conflict of interest. From Conflict of interest: "COI editors should not edit affected articles directly, but propose changes on article talk pages instead."


 * This link may assist you Suggestions for COI compliance as well as some of the guidelines and essays linked above. Ponydepression (talk) 18:55, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Some proposed changes
The following language included is deceptive: ''Heartbeat International teaches its affiliated members to make their advertising look as though they are full-service clinics that provide referrals for birth control or abortion. '' This should be changed to read: Heartbeat International affiliated centers agree to Our Commitment of Care and Competence in which they promise that "All of our advertising and communication are truthful and honest and accurately describe the services we offer." Many pregnancy centers provide limited medical services such as ultrasound and STI testing and therefore are considered pregnancy help medical clinics.

Staff are also trained on how to discourage pregnant women from accessing abortion, and how to discourage young women from using emergency contraception, birth control pills, or IUDs. This should be changed to read: Heartbeat International affiliated centers agree to Our Commitment of Care and Competence stating "We do not offer, recommend or refer for abortions or abortifacients, but are committed to offering accurate information about abortion procedures and risks." Some birth control has been proven to cause abortions, therefore, pregnancy centers do not promote them.

Heartbeat staff are also encouraged to create two websites, one that has an explicitly Christian message, and one that looks like Planned Parenthood. This should read: Heartbeat International affiliates are encouraged to created two websites, one that speaks to donors and one that speaks to clients.

Many pregnancy centers have the ultimate goal of converting women through a born-again experience to "save the mother, save the baby. This should read: Pregnancy centers exists all over the world to meet the needs of their community and provide compassionate support in a time of need. Heartbeat International does not determine the mission of the individual centers, but rather provides training and resources for all pregnancy centers. All Heartbeat International affiliates must adhere to Our Commitment of Care and Competence.


 * Please add this to the article's talk page; this way others can see. The talk page for Heartbeat International (crisis pregnancy center network) is located at Talk:Heartbeat International (crisis pregnancy center network). Ponydepression (talk) 20:28, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Reply 01-OCT-2018

 * Please move this request to the article in question's talk page.  Spintendo   21:13, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Atrudden, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Ashley Bratcher have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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