User talk:SJPWilmington

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 * Hi Diannaa,
 * Thanks so much for reaching out. I'm relatively new to editing Wikipedia pages to the extent this page needs editing. Regarding the copyright concern, the material comes from the St. James website which I am the webmaster and one of the original authors. I had a direct hand in collecting and condensing the source material on the history page. What would be the best way to cite that? Would it be more appropriate to go line by line and try to find 3rd party sources beyond the 1st account sources from our parish records?
 * Please advise. We'll be happy to comply with the necessary requirements.
 * Sincerely,
 * Erin Becker
 * Director of Communications
 * St. James Episcopal Church
 * Wilmington, NC
 * communications@stjamesp.org SJPWilmington (talk) 18:37, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your interest in working on Wikipedia. There are a couple of problems with your submission. You cannot post copyright material on Wikipedia even if you are the copyright holder, unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Wikipedia aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. Please see donating copyrighted materials which explains how it works.The second problem is conflict of interest. Writing an article about your own organisation or that of a client is strongly discouraged, as it is difficult to maintain the required neutral point of view. According to our terms of use, paid editors and people editing on behalf of their employer are required to disclose their conflict of interest by posting a notice on their user page or talk page. I have placed some information about conflict of interest below. — Diannaa (talk) 20:50, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll look into the guidelines for donating copyrighted materials for future small edits. We do pride ourself on our parish's longevity as a pre-revolution church and any edits made would be purely for historical context with appropriate citations.
 * Given the policy regarding conflict of interest, we'll hold off and not add to the article at this time. Thank you for taking the time to look into it and help walk a newbie through.
 * Best,
 * Erin Becker SJPWilmington (talk) 20:56, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
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