User talk:Lewkopp

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Lewkopp. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Culver Academies, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. ''As an employee of the school engaged in communication, you are considered a WP:PAID editor. You must not edit the article at all. Propose any changes you think appropriate with reliable independent sources on the article talk page and a neutral editor will look at them and decide if they are appropriate. This is not the school's page on Wikipedia, it is an independent encyclopedia article about the school. We really do not care what the school wants to say about itself. In an encyclopedia, we do not write about the subject; we write about what has been written about the subject in reliable independent sources. Please read the blue links and comply with all the requirements of a paid editor prior to posting on the article's talk page. Thank you.'' John from Idegon (talk) 03:10, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Makes no sense!
Please explain how someone who has no affiliation with an organization can tell someone who works for the organization that he can't update an article based on current, factual information from published documents and the computer systems of the organization for things such as the current number of students or faculty.

From what I read in the conflict of interest information, I have to propose an update in these talk pages. How are you going to verify that information? Where can someone who isn't directly involved with the organization post an corrected, current logo to replace the 5 year outdated version currently displayed. The new logo has been shown on local and national TV, appeared in programs for various events around the country (the Army/Navy football game souvenir program for one) but I can't simply update the outdated logo with the current trademarked logo?

No wonder some pages in Wikipedia are so out of date and in error and teachers tell students to be cautious of the information found on Wikipedia.

Am I allowed to post pictures of the campus? Or does that have to be done by someone that just happens to drive by the campus some day?

Lewkopp (talk) 04:06, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging If it reassures you any, the same conflict of interest rules apply to any organization who would be in competition with Culver Academy. It's only fair. These rules exist due to the inherent bias' we all have. You have extrinsic motivation to describe Culver Academy in a positive light; someone in competition with Culver Academy would be extrinsically motivated to describe negatively. Wikipedia has to describe Culver Academy as neutrally as possible, and you would have an unusually hard time doing so.
 * There's also concern about sourcing. You need to reveal where these published documents exist. At this point in time, it would be best that you do so on the talk page, with a request edit tag.-- I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @  04:26, 23 February 2017 (UTC)