User talk:NaomiHarper

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, NaomiHarper. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest 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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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 17:59, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello NaomiHarper! Your additions to Cherry Bekaert have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 12:09, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Again, NaomiHarper, please don't copy text from other websites to Wikipedia without prior verification that the copyright owner has released it under a compatible license. DanCherek (talk) 00:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Undisclosed paid editing
As previously advised, your edits, such as the edit you made to Cherry Bekaert, 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:NaomiHarper, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. DanCherek (talk) 00:13, 20 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Dan, I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrect as just trying to update the history portion for Cherry Bekaert to reflect the recent organization name change and shift. There is no promotional gain, just an effort to keep it up to date and accurate. I thought the orginal copy was too close to the release here (https://www.cbh.com/firm-news/cherry-bekaert-announces-strategic-investment-from-parthenon-capital/) so tried to ammend it but again it is being flagged. Cherry Bekaert has actually split into 3 entities. Can you please assist in making the page history up to date and correct?
 * Please let me know what in this statement needs to be tweeked:
 * On June 30, 2022, Cherry Beakert announced Parthenon Capital, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm, made a strategic investment in the Firm’s business advisory practices. Cherry Bekaert will be the overall brand name. Cherry Bekaert LLP, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC will provide business advisory and non-attest services. Michelle Thompson, the current Managing Partner of Cherry Bekaert LLP, will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and Collin G. Hill will become the Managing Partner of Cherry Bekaert LLP.
 * Is it better to say:
 * On June 30, 2022, Cherry Beakert announced Parthenon Capital will investment in the Firm’s business advisory practices. Cherry Bekaert will be the overall brand name. Cherry Bekaert LLP, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC will provide business advisory and non-attest services. Michelle Thompson, the current Managing Partner of Cherry Bekaert LLP, will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and Collin G. Hill will become the Managing Partner of Cherry Bekaert LLP. NaomiHarper (talk) 12:07, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The text that I removed was copied from the bottom of https://www.cbh.com/ about brand names. Regardless, the more important first step before making any more edits related to Cherry Bekaert is for you to properly disclose your conflict of interest as required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use, as detailed in the message above. DanCherek (talk) 23:17, 20 July 2022 (UTC)