User talk:Pearc007

Connection to University of Alabama?
Do you have a connection to the University of Alabama? ElKevbo (talk) 20:44, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes I work for University Libraries as the Director of Strategic Engagement My name is Michael Pearce — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pearc007 (talk • contribs) 16:29, February 18, 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply! You have a financial stake in promoting this 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:Pearc007. The template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please do not edit further until you answer this message. ElKevbo (talk) 23:56, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for letting me know all of this I apologize I did not mean to do anything unethical, our information had not been updated for a long time and so the information I posted about our resources and services was intended to help users. How do i add that template to my profile?


 * I added the template that you suggested please let me know if I did this correctly.


 * Also, will my edits be accepted or should i petition someone to make them? I see where they are not in entry anymore... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pearc007 (talk • contribs) 09:15, February 19, 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply! There were a few small errors in the template on your User page but I fixed them so it's all now correct.
 * You're going to want to request edits in the article's Talk page so that other editors who don't have a conflict of interest can evaluate and possibly carry out the edits. There is a template you can use to make the request in the Talk page; you might find it easier to use the Edit Request Wizard that will step you through using the template step-by-step.
 * Let me know if you need any help or have any questions! ElKevbo (talk) 20:08, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I will use the request edit wizard! Also, University of Alabama Libraries does not have its own entry. Can I make a request to submit an entry for consideration? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.63.112.27 (talk) 20:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)