User talk:Ritzbitz7

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Do multiple people have access to this account? Most of your statement uses "we". 331dot (talk) 15:55, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

I apologize, there are two people with access. I am an intern assisting Ritzbitz7 with this, but it is not openly accessible. If needed, use can be restricted to a single user.Ritzbitz7 (talk) 16:36, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Accounts are each meant for the exclusive use of a single individual. Once this matter is resolved, one of you will need to create their own account(do not attempt to create another account before this is resolved, please). You will each need to review conflict of interest and paid editing(even unpaid interns are subject to the paid editing policy, as they are being compensated with the experience).  You won't be able to directly edit about the Philos Project or anything related to your conflict of interest. Please explain how your future edits would comply with the COI policy. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Any future edits will disclose position as a paid editor and will not seek to directly edit. Desired changes will be posted to the article talk pages instead for an objective source to filter and update the information should they find it compliant and relevant, understanding that what is ultimately posted may be a neutralized version of what is originally requested. Ritzbitz7 (talk) 16:57, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Please understand that Wikipedia is primarily interested in what independent reliable sources state about article subjects, and much less concerned with what article subjects want to say about themselves(be it people or organizations), though they are welcome to offer input through edit requests on the article talk page(click for instructions). Primary sources are acceptable in certain situations, but independent sources are what Wikipedia really wants.  Do you understand this?   I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. 331dot (talk) 17:02, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * . Appreciate the ping. I'd be wary; given that the Philos Project is a religious advocacy group the likelihood of neutrality in edits relating to the Middle East (an area of the site that's been subject to discretionary sanctions for some time) is slim. If anything, edits to Middle Eastern topics could easily be even more problematic than the direct COI editing. My expectation would be an agreement to avoid editing at all in areas relating the the Philos Project and its areas of concern, at least until substantial experience in editing is demonstrable. Yunshui 雲 水 21:16, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Ritzbitz7, I would concur with Yunshui's comments. You will need to develop a significant edit history in other areas as a general contributor before being permitted to make edit requests in COI related areas. Are there other, non-COI subjects you want to edit about? 331dot (talk) 22:24, 10 October 2019 (UTC)