User talk:GerryPSorensen

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, GerryPSorensen. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Draft:WAAY Internet Radio, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Longhair\talk 23:46, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest
Thank you for your input concerning this matter. You should know that I am retired, and that WAAY is owned by a corporation.

I did contribute the article on behalf of another, but I wrote it professionally and simply stated the facts.

Thank you. GerryPSorensen (talk) 20:48, 15 June 2018 (UTC)


 * A quick online search shows your Twitter profile, active just 37 minutes ago, as you owning WAAY Radio. Five days prior you tweeted "This Sunday morning at 10.00am we continue our radio study...". You have a clear conflict of interest with this organisation and it must be disclosed per the information at WP:COIDISCLOSE . -- Longhair\talk 21:11, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

June 2018
Hello, I'm Longhair. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Draft:WAAY Internet Radio have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Longhair\talk 21:12, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

For Longhair
What I wrote about WAAY was neither advertising nor promotional. I am well familiar with Wikipedia, and have contributed donations in the past. I won’t make that mistake again.

You post was, frankly, insulting.

It is obvious, from the tone of what you wrote, that I am not welcome here. GerryPSorensen (talk) 22:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I do not mean to be insulting and I apologise if you feel that way. I am merely pointing out the rules of editing Wikipedia. Writing articles about yourself or organisations you are linked to is strongly discouraged for reasons of conflict of interest. You are more than welcome to edit Wikipedia and I am hoping to provide you with information that will make your editing here enjoyable and free of conflict. -- Longhair\talk 22:54, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

WAAY
I am a Pastor and retired. While I do have a religious broadcast on the station, and do publicity for them, WAAY is owned by a media group now.

I was not paid, either, to write the article.

I am a communications major and used to work for NBC radio. I believe I know how to draft an article that is unbiased.

Nevertheless- even though this article is no different than that of any other broadcast station (I’ve read hundreds on the site) it is no longer worth the hassle.

Best wishes. GerryPSorensen (talk) 23:04, 15 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm not here to argue nor punish you. These rules have been established by the community to keep Wikipedia free of bias and promotional editing among other reasons. Just because other similar articles exist, it doesn't change the fact that rules are in place for a reason. I hope this information helps as to why we're having this discussion today. All the best. -- Longhair\talk 23:07, 15 June 2018 (UTC)