User talk:Miataracer1990

Massive changes to ASU article
The article for ASU is on my watchlist. I am struck by how many very large changes you made there, so many that I can see all of them only by looking at past 250 edits. I have not yet had a chance to understand all your changes, but I would be grateful if you could mention some of the reasons behind them. HouseOfChange (talk) 19:31, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

miataracer1990: Hi there, I make my changes one at a time for each reference or thing I change; That way they're easier to track. I'm a student worker at ASU's marketing department, and I'm cleaning up links on the page; Many of them are outdated, broken or unnecessary. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
 * Hi there, and thanks for your honest and friendly reply. I am not much more experienced than you are in Wikipedia policies, but I think that if you are being paid to edit an article, you should disclose that on your user page. The edits of yours I have noticed seem to be factual rather than promotional, so that is a good thing. Wikipedia is a great project to create a free online encyclopedia and I hope you will also get interested in more parts of it beyond ASU, for example improving articles for your home town or preventing articles about notable women from getting deleted. HouseOfChange (talk) 20:16, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

miataracer1990: No problem, glad I could clear up the confusion. I went ahead and changed my user page to reflect that I work for ASU cleaning up the Wikipedia page. Thanks for the information and advice!
 * Thanks, I consulted some more experienced editors via IRC, who suggested I steer you to look at PAID. I also suggest you take advantage of the friendly and knowledgeable help you can reach (in real time) via IRC, for example . All best wishes! HouseOfChange (talk) 21:05, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia policy on sources
I notice in a couple of recent edits, you changed a reference URL from a published news article in AZ Central to an official statement from ASU. This is against Wikipedia policy concerning "reliable sources" (WP:RS.)

A published article in a reputable newspaper is considered a "reliable source" for statements in an article. An official statement by Michael Crow is considered a "primary source" (WP:PRIMARY)and much less "reliable" than a newspaper article. You can add a link to the statement by Crow if you think the news article is incomplete, but please do not remove links to news stories.

I can see you are trying to do a good job, so I don't want you to be blocked from editing, just to learn about policy and follow it. HouseOfChange HouseOfChange (talk) 08:18, 3 July 2018 (UTC)