User talk:Washuthomas

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Hello, Washuthomas, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited 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.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

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 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 19:36, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

To clarify about the conflict of interest: you said that your edits are "on behalf of the Central Institute for the Deaf of WASHU in St. Louis Missouri". This implies that you are acting at their direction, and your username implies a relationship, either as a student or employee. This does not prohibit you from creating articles about subjects related to the university, but it does put a heavier burden on you for independent reliable sources. It does also mean that if you're an employee, you need to make the required paid-editing disclosures. —C.Fred (talk) 19:38, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

June 2018
Please take some time to review wikipedia's policies including writing from a neutral point of view (including not using subject and "peacock" words like "prestigious" or talking about someone's "busy schedule") as well as citing reliable, independent sources for all content. It is also preferable as a new editor that you start by making small changes which can more easily be reviewed by other editors, than such large changes as you have done. I have reverted your edits for now. The content you added is saved in the page history, so once you understand the guidelines, it might be able to be re-added carefully, making sure each new addition is worded neutrally and properly sourced. Thank you Melcous (talk) 21:53, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

June 2018
Thank you for the response. I have updated my user talk page so that it is up to date with the COI requirements and read up on peacock words. I will revise the writing I have done and will make sure to remove any peacock words and statements that could not be factually proven or cited. I am wondering, however, when I complete the edits of these writings should I submit them to an individual editor or immediately request to have them added again because I am slightly confused on this process. I also wrote a new article for Max A. Goldstein but I am not sure if that was submitted for review or not as it still said "draft: Max A. Goldstein" at the top of the page and I saw nowhere to submit or publish. Clarification on both of these things would definitely help. Thank you again for the help. Washuthomas (talk) 15:11, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * When you have a proposed edit to an existing article, you should suggest it on that article's talk page. The easiest way to do this is to use the Template:Request edit. Make sure you clearly explain what you are proposing (e.g. change x to y; or add abc) and provide reliable sources that support your proposal. It is usually better to suggest one thing at a time, e.g. one new sentence or paragraph, rather than multiple changes to the article in the same request.
 * With the draft, once you think it is ready, you submit it to the Articles for creation process by placing  at the top of your article (without the "code" tags) and it will be reviewed by an experienced author. You might find this page helpful in explaining more about this. Cheers, Melcous (talk) 22:41, 18 June 2018 (UTC)