User talk:Sheri Howe

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-- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:19, 12 February 2018 (UTC) -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:19, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Promotional content
Hello, I've reverted your edits as they were promotional in nature. Once you are unblocked, it would be best to only suggest changes. Also, WP:reliable sources unconnected with the subject would be preferable to the subject's webpage. I see you used "we" in the edit summary. While we appreciate your efforts, accounts are for individuals only. Please see the templated notice that follows. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, WSECU Marketing. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Washington State Employees Credit Union, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. 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, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID). Thank you. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2018
There have been two problems with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group or a web site, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In that reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 23:23, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

{unblock|There is no promotion of our company happening here at all. I was merely updating existing content and following Navy Federal Credit Union's page format, which has been accepted by Wikipedia. I was updating stated facts about WSECU and adding new material that does not promote our services at all. I would very much appreciate having the block removed so that we may update our page. I was also getting references cited when this block occurred. I will be happy to remove any reference to "we". I am not being compensated other than regular salary to update this page. If I need to change the name, I'm happy to request that it be under my name: Sheri Howe. Thank you.}


 * Yeah, if you could use the template in the block notice with a place for your proposed new user name, it would help speed the rename along. I'm sorry, but some of your content was promotional in nature. As you say you are being paid your regular salary to edit Wikipedia, WP:PAID does apply. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 00:10, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I understand what you're saying about promotional content...however, I based our updates on the content Navy Federal Credit Union has on its page, thinking that if theirs was acceptable, WSECU's would be as well. As far as compensation, since I'm switching this over to my personal name and better understand the explanation, all updates moving forward will be handled on personal time with no compensation whatsoever.


 * I would still advise you to declare yourself a WP:PAID editor anyway, as you are employed by this organization and intend to write about it. I struggle a bit with editors who write about their employers but say they are doing it on personal time, or on their own personal initiative and not as part of their job. There is no easy way for other editors to tell if and when you are editing "off the clock" and/or not at your employer's direction. Making a declaration would, at least, demonstrate that you are editing in good faith and not concealing your professional affiliation to this organization.
 * Also, please sign your posts on talk pages. That will insert your username and the date/time of your comment, so that other users can tell who said what and when. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:22, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Globally renamed 'WSECU Marketing' to 'Sheri Howe'. Just Chilling (talk) 02:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Okay...let me try this again. My complete commitment and goal is to make useful contributions. I am not in any way trying to "promote" the credit union in a way that is a sales pitch. I am simply updating content and as I have mentioned repeatedly and not being acknowledged on is that I am following the format of another credit union page: Navy Federal Credit Union. I can understand why "robust benefits package" sounds promotional. If Culture of Caring sounds promotional, I will be more than happy to edit that to something more neutral and be mindful of how I am phrasing things.

To address the pay policy: I am employed by WSECU as a copywriter/editor and it falls within my job duties to keep this page current.

Thank you for your consideration. WSECU Marketing (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2018 (UTC)Sheri Howe