User talk:JCBraunKC

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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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Changes to Kansas City Museum
I have deleted most of the information you added to Kansas City Museum, because for a variety of reasons, it was not appropriate for Wikipedia. I see that you are new to the site and are apparently here at the behest of your employer. Please review Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines for required disclosures that you must make in this regard. Wikipedia strongly discourages anyone with a connection to the subject of an article from making contributions directly to that article, because it is very difficult for such connected contributors to maintain the neutral point of view Wikipedia requires.

Some of the Wikipedia policies that are at issue with respect to your contributions:
 * Copyright policy: Some of your contributions are verbatim copies of information hosted on the museum's website.  Wikipedia has a very strict copyright policy that forbids copying of copyrighted material without the written agreement of the copyright holder to release the material under Wikipedia's very broad Creative Commons license.  Unless the museum is willing to agree to these licensure conditions, no material from the museum's website or other publications may be reproduced on Wikipedia.
 * Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball: Content regarding planned future additions to the museum should not be added to Wikipedia, for the reasons set forth in the linked guideline.
 * Neutral point of view and use of Wikipedia for promotion: One of Wikipedia's primary policies is that the encyclopedia maintains a neutral point of view at all times regarding article subjects.  Most of the content you added was promotional in nature.  "Promotional" does not mean, as many seem to think, "advertising for commercial gain"; it means an attempt, however unintentional, to paint the article's subject in a positive light.  Please read WP:PUFFERY as well regarding language that is unencyclopedic and inappropriate on this site.  "Mission statements" and "vision statements" are unlikely ever to be encyclopedic and are never appropriate for Wikipedia, which has no interest in reporting on what an article's subject believes about itself as evidenced in its own self-published materials.  Which leads to:
 * Verifiability in reliable secondary sources: Most of the content you added regarding renovations to the museum came from primary sources, not secondary sources. Wikipedia contributions must be based on reliable secondary sources.
 * Inline external links: It is almost never appropriate to insert a link to an outside website within the text of an article; an example from your material was a link to one of the architectural firms working on the museum's addition. Outside sources that are used as references should be the subject of appropriate treatment in the article's references.

I am not always able to respond to questions in a timely manner and so if you have any questions regarding any of these issues, I urge you to consult with the hosts at WP:TEAHOUSE, who will provide a quick response and who are accustomed to dealing with questions from new editors regarding what is and is not acceptable. Best regards -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  23:38, 27 June 2017 (UTC)