User talk:Brookemartone

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 * I trying to edit the Mercyhurst University homepage because it has not been updated in many years and a lot go things have changed. My edits keep reverting back, can you help make my edits permanent? Thank you. Brookemartone (talk) 15:27, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * If you wish to remove well-sourced material about an incident in the school's history, you will need to discuss such a significant change on the article Talk page.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:36, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Given that the editor has chosen a username extremely close to the name of a Mercyhurst University employee, disclosure of their affiliation with the university is also required.  –Skywatcher68 (talk) 20:20, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I work for Mercyhurst in the advancement department and our director of public relations has written out a new description that is better up to date. Brookemartone (talk) 14:27, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, we want to update a lot of the information and we have a new description written out. Brookemartone (talk) 14:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, there are a few things to consider. First, because you are affiliated with Mercyhurst, you have a conflict of interest. So you should review Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline before editing further. Second, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that relies primarily on secondary sources that are independent of the subjects of its articles. Third, per Wikipedia policy, there is no ownership of content on articles. In short, these mean that Mercyhurst does not own the article about it, nor does it get to dictate the contents of that page. TornadoLGS (talk) 16:23, 18 September 2023 (UTC)