User talk:Pdxpao

Conflict of interest
Hello, Pdxpao. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Oregon Military Department, 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:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. --Hammersoft (talk) 11:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Given that you are in a position that is paying you for the content you are making to Wikipedia, editing articles about your employer very strongly discouraged. Instead, you should be making suggested edits on the talk pages of existing articles. It is very likely that your direct edits to the articles themselves will be reverted. If you have questions, please let me know. --Hammersoft (talk) 11:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I am making the edits per instructions from my boss. They are tasking me to update the org's page, and any edits I make are accurate in accordance with the org's history with what I am given. We don't have a full-time historian on staff at the moment, so it is up to our Dept (state Public Affairs) to keep our info correct and updated. I am just making the updates per requested. Part of my job as social media manager, it is pertinent we have our public information as accurate as possible. Pdxpao (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
 * With respect, I don't think you understand the purpose of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a social media site. Your organization's presence on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr certainly can be controlled by you. It can not be controlled by you here. The article here on your organization is not yours. It does not matter if your employer has directed you to make updates. You being employed by the organization does not give you special authority here with regards to articles pertaining to your organization. You are one editor here of many thousands of active editors. Unlike the many thousands here, you have a direct conflict of interest in editing articles about your organization. This is problematic. You really need to read Conflict of interest and FAQ/Organizations. If your organization is still insistent that you make edits at their direction, then they need to read those as well. While it is possible for a person in your type of situation to write in an encyclopedic manner on articles where such a conflict of interest exists, it is difficult. This is why it is very strongly discouraged. Also be aware that making such changes while logged out, via an IP address, does not excuse your organization from the burdens of these requirements. If you want to see changes made to articles here regarding your organization, then make requests for such changes on the talk pages of the respective articles. You can alert me to such requests if you like by adding  (and make sure you sign your posts at the same time, or the 'ping' doesn't work). If you have questions, let me know. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:09, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Pdxpao


A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Pdxpao, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be advertising which only promotes or publicises someone or something. Promotional editing of any kind is not permitted, whether it be promotion of a person, company, product, group, service, belief, or anything else. This is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages — user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources or advertising space. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the.  Waqar 💬 17:08, 13 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Please don't remove my profile. I am just doing my job per requested from my dept. Pdxpao (talk) 18:33, 13 January 2023 (UTC)