User talk:Daviscollege

July 2018
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Daviscollege", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are permitted to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you individually, such as "Sara Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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September 2018
Hello Daviscollege. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, and that you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to Black hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are  required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Daviscollege. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, please do not edit further until you answer this message. -- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 19:07, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. -- Dloh cier ekim  (talk) 19:08, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I've never used the Wikipedia talk platform before, I reviewed the documentation but apologies if I am not doing it correctly. I am employed by Davis College, but have not been directed to edit the wikipedia entry, I'm just trying to fix the content. I am happy to adhere to whatever process is necessary to properly disclose the affiliation. The issue I am encountering is that a previous staff member created the listing as it is now, but it's filled with inaccuracies and outdated info. The vast majority of the content on the Davis College page is from COI sources within the organization (the previous editors told me they made the edits, so my mistake in not familiarizing myself with the policy). The policy violation was completely unintentional. I reviewed several other college wikipedia pages and attempted to duplicate the type of content they had - factually stated, with references from third party sources. Candidly, I'm not sure when the listing academic programs, facilities, athletic programs, and removing old info crosses over into self-promotion. The user who reported me works for another college with very similar info included on their page. I certainly want to figure out the best way to rectify this within the constraints of Wikipedia guidelines and practices, but will need some direction on how to accomplish this.

Daviscollege (talk) 19:49, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. We do not have listings. For the most part content must be cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking. If there is not enough information in sources unconnected with the subject, I doubt the subject meets notability requirements for an encyclopedia. Please read and heed WP:COI and WP:PAID. You are editing an article about your employer and correcting another employee's edits. You meet WP:PAID and WP:COI. You must not edit the article directly-- Wikipedia is not a webhost or a venue for you to tell about your employer. You may suggest edits on the article talk page. If you only purpose here is to edit your employers article, then your conflict of interest may be insurmountable. You must choose a new user name. Please read the block notice above.-- Dloh cier ekim   (talk) 20:05, 4 September 2018 (UTC)