User talk:TO2LAwriter

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, TO2LAwriter. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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. It seems all of your first edits have added links to the work of Joe Chilco. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Firefangledfeathers,
 * You're correct. I'm new to making edits on Wikipedia pages. I wrote a screenplay based on Bessie's Coleman's rise to the challenge of becoming the first Black American woman licensed pilot. I am retired. I have no employer other than myself. My intent in adding the screenplay is not to profit personally, but to share Bessie Coleman's story with others. While the link I provided to the screenplay is on my website (joechilco.com), that it for the convenience of viewers who wish to read it. It's no different than publishing a book and listing a link to that book. I feel it's not a conflict of interest any more than the books that are listed. The screenplay is registered with the Library of Congress, Copyright Office, with me as the author. This morning, when I saw my original edits had been removed, I added to the External Links section the title and link to the screenplay, "Black Bird". I'm a big supporter of Wikipedia, both in principle and in donations to the cause. I've tried to avoid the pitfalls in "Managing a conflict of interest". If you still feel that I am in contravention of these, I would appreciate any further direction you can offer in that regard. Thanks for taking the time to bring this to my attention. TO2LAwriter (talk) 20:16, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi TO2LAwriter. I appreciate your intent here, and I approve of your decisions to write a screenplay about Coleman and to release it freely on your website. The pitfalls are many. It would help if you use Template:UserboxCOI at your user page and use talk page requests instead of direct edits whenever you're touching on a COI area (including adding links to your own work). Despite the good intentions, I still don't feel the screenplay link is appropriate for inclusion at the Coleman article, but if you'd like to discuss it more, I suggest starting a discussion at Talk:Bessie Coleman, where other interested editors can participate. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 20:27, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Firefangledfeathers,
 * Thank you so much for your further direction. In an abundance of caution, I have done as you suggested and used the Template:UserboxCOI to acknowledge this and to state my intention.
 * I will also take your other suggestion to start a discussion on the subject so that I may continue to improve. Again, thanks for taking the time. Much appreciated. TO2LAwriter (talk) 20:43, 27 October 2022 (UTC)