User talk:KelseyComm

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Freshly, which 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.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms of use and our policy on paid editing.

Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
 * Best practices for editors with close associations
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
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 * Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! --Finngall talk 23:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

February 2022
Hello, I'm Finngall. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Freshly 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. --Finngall talk 23:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Response to email re: Freshly
Greetings. I have received your email. I prefer to keep communications on-wiki, though, so I am responding here.

Although some of this is already covered above, I'd like to clear up some things:
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. What exists here is not "Freshly's page", but an encyclopedia article about Freshly.  As such, we are not terribly concerned with what the subject of an article has to say about itself.  Rather, the content of an article needs to be based on reliable sources which are independent of the subject.
 * Wikipedia articles need to maintain a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not a promotional tool for this or any other company.  The verbiage you had added was promotional and is simply not acceptable.
 * If you are closely connected with Freshly in any way, you are strongly discouraged from editing the article directly for reasons of conflict of interest. (Exception: Removing obvious falsehoods and/or vandalism)  You are, however, welcome to suggest edits on the article's talk page.  Again, remember that suggested changes should be backed up by independent reliable sources.
 * If you are being paid to edit Wikipedia as part of your job duties (broadly construed), you are required to disclose this fact as per the Terms of Use to which you agreed when you created your account. Undisclosed paid editing is grounds for being blocked.

Please peruse the links to policies and procedure which I have provided above, and feel free to ask further questions here. Thank you. --Finngall talk 18:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)