User talk:Gauthier.Olivia

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June 2019
If you are related to the article subject at Kim Dingle in some way, please do not edit the page. We have a strict conflict of interest policy and being connected to the subject hurts the encyclopedia. You might also want to read the policy on using multiple accounts, so that you are familiar with the way things work here. We are not here to advertise article subjects-- they can get their own web sites to do that. We just collect objective published information and turn it into articles.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:29, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Edits
Hi and thank you for your feedback. I forgot my password and made a new account, I plan to delete my other account. The edits which I had made are all factual, in fact there is incorrect information in some of the articles cited in the sections which I had removed and there is still incorrect information in the way her work is described. I added verifiable sources to all of my edits so I am confused as to why they have been deleted. I also do not understand as to how any of what I posted would be considered advertising, but I will read the guidelines. Gauthier.Olivia (talk) 23:59, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Are you connected to Kim Dingle? the problem with your edits is mostly that you are wiping out sourced material and adding your own personal view, often without sources. You are also the third or fourth account ot pointedly edit only the Kim Dingle article.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:20, 11 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello. Could you respond at Sockpuppet investigations/Kimdingle oneword, please? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, I do know Kim Dingle as I work with her gallery, she let me know that much of the way her work is discussed in the article is inaccurate. I understand sources were deleted, I did add citations to the best of my ability. I compared to her bibliography and biography and noticed many articles were missing as well as information about public collections her work is in. The intention of my edits is not to advertise or add my personal view, merely to correct information that is misleading and add crucial factual information about where her work exists. If myself and Kim are not able to edit her wikipedia page then what can we do to make edits or changes? Many living artists have their galleries edit their pages and edit-a-thons are held at museums where arts professionals edit artists biographies. I understand wikipedia has strict guidelines, is there a way we can submit edits for review? I am merely trying to be productive but I admit I have not edited many wikis before so my citations may have had flaws and been incomplete. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gauthier.Olivia (talk • contribs)
 * Hello and thanks for your disclosure. When you work for the artist (the gallery is a money-making enterprise, and you are presumably paid to promote Kim Dingle), editing her page is a violation of the Wikipedia terms of service. It's called WP:UPE, which is short for undisclosed paid editing. I'm not sure if your account will be blocked, but you certainly should not edit the page again or it will be blocked with 100% certainty. What you are most welcome to do is place the Request edit template on the article talk page, and someone who is not being paid to edit the page will be along to take an objective look at your requested edit. I'm sure you were well-meaning, but undisclosed paid editors are very, very strongly discouraged here, which is why the terms of service prevents it. Undisclosed paid editing slants the bias of the encyclopedia towards promotion. We are also not here to be a web host; if the gallery or the artist wants a precise portrayal of themselves online, then they can get their own web site and do that. All we do is compile published sources into an article, with as much objectivity as possible. When you edit the page for Kim Dingle or the gallery, we can no longer be sure it is objective as you have a clear goal: to sell her paintings and promote her career. Reporting errors in the article is encouraged, but please do it with the request edit template, for the above reasons. Thanks!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:00, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

It looks like you got an explanation above, but maybe these links will help: It would help if you looked through these before editing on topics where you have a conflict of interest, especially when there are financial considerations. Wikipedia is supposed to be an unbiased encyclopedia, and people can easily subvert this purpose without even realizing it when they write about something with which they are closely associated. This is why we so heavily discourage people from directly editing articles when they have a conflict of interest.
 * FAQ/Organizations – answers to frequently asked questions about organizations
 * Conflict of interest – our guideline on how to manage a conflict of interest
 * Paid-contribution disclosure – this is mandated by our Terms of Use
 * The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals – best practices for people associated with cultural institutions
 * Teahouse – our forum for new users, where anyone can ask questions and learn more about editing Wikipedia

Please also keep in mind that we have policies against deceptively using multiple accounts. If you forget your password, that's fine. You can just create a new account. However, we ask that you be upfront about it and disclose this. For example, you could create a user page and say, "This is my second account. My previous one was named X." NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:39, 17 June 2019 (UTC)