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Ottawa Rowing Club
Thank you for your additions to Ottawa Rowing Club. I removed an entire paragraph that was extremely confusing. Perhaps you can re-write it and add it back. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:07, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks Magnolia for your great work amending the page. I will build on your amendments, noting the importance of adding references. I am member of the Ottawa Rowing Club for the last 20 years, so I should be able to substantiate the text. Eric ottawa (talk) 19:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That paragraph was just very confusing. For example, "He won Canada’s Henley Royal Regatta in 1949, ahead of Bob Williams (rower)."  Who did?  Ahead in what way?  Also, what  Gabriel Beaudry did in his spare time is irrelevant. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:28, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The sentence was about Gabriel Beaudry. Moreover, we believed it was notable to indicate that Gabriel Beaudry was not only a notable rower but also involved in the Canadian ski association under his spare time. I will rework this section. Thanks again for your perspective Eric ottawa (talk) 19:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Sports in Canada - Rowing section
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 * While I included the reference, I should have verified the copyright. Sorry for the oversight - Eric ottawa (talk) 21:14, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I did see that you mentioned the source, although it was a bare URL. I was in the process of improving the reference that I realized that the text was the same. Please do read Copying text from other sources for guidance.  Regards,  PK  T (alk)  23:25, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
Hello Eric ottawa. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Ottawa Rowing Club, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but 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 serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

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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:Eric ottawa. 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, do not edit further until you answer this message. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:45, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Good day, I have been and remain a member of the Ottawa Rowing Club, and confirm never have been paid or received monetary benefits from the Ottawa Rowing Club. In fact, I have paid membership to the Ottawa Rowing Club in order to access its facilities and services. In the hope this information is satisfactory. Eric ottawa (talk) 20:04, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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