User talk:Craiggrella

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Not really sure what I'm doing here. I am an elected official in a town in PA. When reading about the town page I was making some additions. The changes I made were all factual and backed up by official citations to the official government page. There is no conflict of interest in any of the edits I made. I listed the names of all the elected officials at the local level - again backed up by the official government page and the official election records of note. Your comment about conflict of interest is inaccurate. Additionally, none of the terms you summarize in your conflict of interest guide were violated: Be transparent about your conflict of interest. (not sure how to better do this. I made the edit. My name is there in my username. How much more clear do you need that to be? Do not edit articles about yourself, your family or friends, your organization, your clients, or your competitors. The article is not about me. It's about Mt. Lebanon. The section I edited was about the commission of mt Lebanon - it's official government structure. Post suggestions and sources on the article's talk page, or in your user space. The role of editors is to summarize, inform, and reference, not promote, whitewash, or sell. No promotion, sales, or whitewash done. Again, the information is backed up by official government record and found through election records. Subjects require significant coverage in independent reliable sources. I cited two official government sources for one table and one sentence of information. State facts and statistics; don't be vague or general. They were factual. Take time to get sources and policy right. Sources were correct. Get neutral, uninvolved, disinterested editors to review your suggestions. I suppose you could review it. Respect the volunteer community's time and avoid making protracted or repeated requests. 100.6.163.57 (talk) 03:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Since your edit has not been removed, I think that the above message was simply meant as guidance for you. As a municipal elected official, you do have a conflict of interest in matters related to the municipal government of your community.  This does not mean you cannot contribute information about it, but you should do so as an edit request on the article talk page. It is okay for you to make direct edits in the circumstances listed at this link. If you are paid by your community for your role as an elected official, you would also be a paid editor and would need to declare that on your user page, or this page. 331dot (talk) 07:45, 23 April 2020 (UTC)