User talk:MichaelT at CGSSTL

Hello, Cgsstl. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Citizens for Global Solutions, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 01:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

So who does the editing?
March 9, 2018 user CGSSTL

As I discussed in my introduction, I have a COI. I can work with my organization, Citizens for Global Solutions, to generate the text and references to repair and replace what was deleted but who does the editing? Can I paste the contents of the new proposed article into Talk and one of you guys will review it and publish it? How does anything get published if all the people who know anything about it are excluded due to COI? Thanks Cgsstl (talk) 23:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is edited by volunteers. Yes, if you suggest content on the article's talk page, hopefully volunteer editors who do not have a conflict of interest can review it and if it is appropriate, make the changes to the article. The best way to flag this and get people's attention is by using this Template:Request edit. Cheers, Melcous (talk) 03:36, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

March 10, 2018 user CGSSTL Thanks, Melcous. I was getting discouraged. Cgsstl (talk) 14:16, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Citizens for Global Solutions has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Citizens for Global Solutions. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 18:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Your username
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 * Done. In process request to change to MichaelT at CGSSTL. Cgsstl (talk) 13:55, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Your userpage
I would advise you to remove the claim of vandalism from your userpage, as it not correct. All editors are required to assume good faith when interacting with other editors, and avoid accusing others of harmful motives without clear evidence. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 19:02, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Done. Cgsstl (talk) 13:51, 24 April 2018 (UTC)