User talk:Maegen at Catawba College

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Catawba College, and I noticed that your username, "Catawbacollege", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

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Managing a conflict of interest
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Catawbacollege (talk) 16:57, 31 July 2014 (UTC) Updates were made to correct incorrect, old, and outdated pre-existing facts and data in the article that external sources had already cited and provided. For example: our institution definitively does not have a mascot (because our athletic teams are called the Catawba Indians, we use ONLY the name and absolutely no mascot), as previously stated incorrectly in the article. This was one of the corrections made, in addition to new student and faculty numbers, our new logo (the pre-existing one is not used anymore), dates, updated ranking years, etc. No promotional information was added - edits were made to pre-existing content not created by our institution. Please advise if further compliance is needed - I am happy to comply, but am new to Wikipedia.

Your attention needed at WP:CHU
Hello. A bureaucrat or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 23:23, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Catawba College word mark or logo, Catawba College Stacked.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Bucky Pope, The Catawba Claw.jpg
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Non-free rationale for File:CatawbaCollege-Seal-Blue.jpg
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 * Hi, I have added a fair-use rationale to the image, so it's safe for now, but I'd appreciate it if you could flesh it out for me. Specifically the source of the image needs to be supplied. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:01, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:CatawbaCollegeAthletics-CFeathers.jpg
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March 2024
As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Maegen at Catawba College, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. glman (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the information. I will add my affiliation using the template provided. Please reach out if any further details are needed. Maegen at Catawba College (talk) 13:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The disclosure statement has been added to the Maegen at Catawba College user page. Thank you. Maegen at Catawba College (talk) 14:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC) 13:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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