User talk:Loriputnam

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 * Thank you, Red-tailed hawk, This information comes directly from First Baptist Church of Charleston. You may verify at fbcharleston.org ---> About ---> Ministry Team. Someone edited the Wikipedia info regarding First Baptist Charleston SC previously and listed that we moved and closed permanently. That is not the case. Thank you for allowing us to update and correct the information! - Lori Putnam Loriputnam (talk) 13:47, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * You can remove the incorrect information as long as you explain why. However, you can't copy and paste content from a copyrighted source without permission, or write about the church in a promotional way. ... disco spinster   talk  16:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I already explained why in the previous edits however I will do so again. I will remove the potential promotional information. We ARE the source. I work for First baptist Church Charleston SC If you wish to verify my email or via phone call - please see the church website at fbcharleston.org. Email me, Lori Putnam, or call the church number, ext. 1. Thank you! Loriputnam (talk) 17:02, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If you wish to have the copyrighted content in Wikipedia, please follow the process at Donating copyrighted materials. Otherwise it would be easier to write it in your own words. ... disco spinster   talk  17:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

December 2023
Hello. I wanted to let you know that in your recent contributions to First Baptist Church (Charleston, South Carolina), you seemed to act as if you were the owner of the page. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. This means that editors do not own articles, including ones they create, and should respect the work of their fellow contributors. If you create or edit an article, remember that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Geardona (talk) 17:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello Loriputnam. The nature of your edits 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 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 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:Loriputnam. 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. AntiDionysius (talk) 17:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * AntiDionysius We are not being directly or indirectly compensated for our edits. We only wish to edit the outdated last paragraph regarding the incorrect location and slightly indicating we are closed. We are editing with the church history and information about the church / sanctuary. In addition, responding to  Geardona, we acknowledge we are not the owner of the Wikipedia page, but as said, we would like to have the correct and updated information based on our history and current use of our church buildings and location. Thank you! Loriputnam (talk) 17:22, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello,
 * this excerpt may be closer to the relation you describe
 * Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. Someone having a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgment about that person's opinions, integrity, or good faith.
 * Continued here
 * Geardona (talk) 17:25, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Building on that, the paragraph removed could still be valuable, even in a history section. Please also add sources when you re-write the article (if you choose to do so). The editors here or here could also help Geardona (talk) 17:28, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will consider. Loriputnam (talk) 17:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Happy editing!
 * Also I forgot to welcome you, completely my fault there!
 * == Welcome! ==

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Happy editing! Geardona (talk) 17:36, 21 December 2023 (UTC)