User talk:Twkrause

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Twkrause. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Tim Echols, 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 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 WP:Spam);
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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. Thank you. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:18, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

From Twkrause: I was not aware of the Wikipedia policy on Conflict of Interest. I am now. It was not my attempt to edit without disclosure. I do work for the Georgia Public Service Commission as the Public Information Officer. My intent in editing the Tim Echols page was not "promotional fluff" as described in the edit. I was legitimately trying to update the page with new information. I hold a master's degree in journalism from the University of Miami and worked as a professional journalist for 15 years. I felt my additions were accurate and even handed. Specifically, I believe the current first paragraph using the word "unsuccessfully" implies a thwarted attempt by Tim Echols that simply did not exist. There were about 500 people who applied for the position. Tim Echols was one of them. Also, the citation of the Georgia Trend article simply shows that non-biased sources have acknowledged his influence.