User talk:NG243197

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Neutrality
Statements such as As sustainability and development are at the heart of everything Fednav does are not neutral and should not be used at Wikipedia. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:58, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Mandatory paid editing disclosure
Hello NG243197. 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 very 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 extremely 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:NG243197. 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. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:13, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @Anachronist I am an employee of Fednav and work for them as part of their Global Relations team. As this is my first time working in Wikipedia, I was not aware of the multitude of regulations to follow before editing a page. I am not employed or paid by Fednav for the sole purpose of editing and updating this Wikipedia page. It has been on the to-do list for some time now. I have added in the talk section of the Fednav page that this account is a connected contributor. NG243197 (talk) 17:22, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * In that case, as far as Wikipedia is concerned, you are a paid editor because your employer is paying you and you are writing about your employer, regardless of whether you are actually being paid to edit here. This applies especially to public relations personnel. Please make the proper disclosure on your user page. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:28, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @Anachronist I have added the disclosure to my user page. Please confirm if this is adequate. NG243197 (talk) 17:32, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I fixed it. You copied and pasted internal markup. You needed only to copy and paste what was shown in the visible message above. Thanks for the disclosure. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:55, 29 June 2023 (UTC)