User talk:Epelaia

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Hello, EpelaiaCMoA, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Computer Museum of America‎, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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 * In addition to being promotional, the text was also a copyright violation. You have a conflict of interest and are using multiple accounts. Please stop editing the article directly and use the WP:Edit request feature or you risk being blocked again. Star   Mississippi  13:10, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Correcting incorrect content
Hello, thank you for explanations above. I do work for Computer Museum of America as the Director of Operations and was tasked with updating some information that is vaguely or inaccurately stated. This is just general information about the museum. There was nothing that was disputing an opinion.

correct facts. I have also submitted a user name change. I am not sure what the copyright issue is if I represent the organization. Can you elaborate?

Thank you.

EpelaiaCMoA (talk) 19:27, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * As you work for the museum, the Wikipedia Terms of Use require you to make a formal paid editing disclosure(click for instructions) on your user page(User:EpelaiaCMoA). Regarding copyright, even if you are a museum employee, you cannot just post content from your museum's website here. Your website assigns copyright of its content to the museum, this means it is incompatible with Wikipedia's copyright which allows for reuse for any purpose(including commercial) with attribution. You or your museum may not want to do that- I'm not sure I would. Please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information and instructions on how to do so. 331dot (talk) 19:59, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Also noting that the issue wasn't so much the CMOA, but that you or one of your colleagues was also editing as User:CMOARoswell], which is in violation of the username policy and has been blocked. Thank you for making the declaration, however Exhibits are often expanded, temporary exhibits may be removed, programs may be added or suspended, and the museum wants to ensure people interested in visiting have accurate expectations of what is currently on exhibit and available to visitors programmatically. is not something you're going to be allowed to do in your edits. The article should focus on what other sources say, not what the museum wants to say about itself. Please make use of [[WP:Edit requests and I would recommend you not edit the article directly. Star   Mississippi  15:45, 27 November 2022 (UTC)