User talk:HeritageCenterArchivist

August 2023
Hello, I'm Magnolia677. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions 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. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:23, 23 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, I am the archivist for the Johnston County Heritage Center and I was attempting to start adding some more reputable sources so that we could begin expanding the current, "History" section of this page.
 * I don't have much experience editing Wikipedia and I apologize if I broke a rule, but I am not advertising nor am I attempting to use Wikipedia as a "soapbox".
 * I am interested in expanding the history section and I thought that I would start by citing the book that was written about Johnston County and it's history since 1746. It's the starting point for people interested in learning about Johnston County history. HeritageCenterArchivist (talk) 15:15, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It kinda looks like you want to add information about the Johnston County History Museum. It may be best to leave suggested edits on the article talk page from now on.  I'll leave you a COI message which explains more. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:53, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello HeritageCenterArchivist. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to Johnston County, North Carolina, 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.

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. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged 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:HeritageCenterArchivist. 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) 16:54, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I am not a paid advocate and I am not being compensated for my edits.
 * While I am an employee of the Johnston County Heritage Center, my director didn't instruct me to contribute to Wikipedia and it's not a part of my job description.
 * The only thing that I intend to promote with this account is a more complete understanding of the history of Johnston County. HeritageCenterArchivist (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2023 (UTC)