User talk:Thalon Hubbell

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was KFMI, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Thanks for the information C.Fred. This is my first time editing a wiki. I read through the guidelines but am unsure if my editing constitutes paid editing, or exactly how to make that clear when editing. I'm will tell you more about my position, hopefully you can let me know if I am breaking community guidelines. I am the Chief Operator for Bicoastal Media's eureka radio market. I oversee operation of stations in this market. I noticed that some of the details on our station KFMI's wikipage were outdated. The edits I made to that page are specifically factual, with no elaboration or embellishment, pertaining to our current Radio Format and current show schedule. I made these edits while at work for Bicoastal, but have not been specifically paid or even directed to do Wiki editing beyond normal wages. Please let me know if I need to mark these edits as paid, or if there is a more appropriate way to correct these issues. Also I am trying to Remove KFMI from a list that it no longer belongs on : "CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of California" any advice on how to have this removed would be appreciated. Thanks again ! Thalon Hubbell BicoastalMediaEureka (talk) 19:20, 11 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for reaching out. There are a couple of things I'll reply to here.
 * First, as a station operator, you're not quite in the realm of "paid editor" that would be applied to a marketer or PR firm that was retained by the subject of an article. However, you still fall in the category of editors with a conflict of interest.
 * Because you have a conflict of interest, you should generally avoid editing articles where you have a conflict—that absolutely includes Bicoastal stations in the Eureka market, and it extends to Bicoastal at the corporate level or any of its stations. Since your prior edits were restricted to facts, I don't have a problem with them—if I had, I would have undone the edits already. In future, the best way to have an article edited is to request the changes at the talk page an let an unconnected editor make the changes.
 * Finally, your username does violate our user guidelines. It needs to represent you as a person; role accounts are not allowed. As a hypothetical example, if your name were Andy Travis, then "Andy at BicoastalMediaEureka" would be an acceptable username. WP:CHU has more information on how to change names.
 * Again, thank you for replying. If there's anything I can help with along the way, just met me know. I'll be watching your talk page, but you can also put the code  at the start of a message to specifically get my attention. —C.Fred (talk) 19:49, 11 February 2020 (UTC)