User talk:Zach xprize

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Hello, Zach xprize. Welcome to Wikipedia. I am Mlpearc, I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia. Here are some useful links and information to help you get started. You are welcome to leave questions, comments on my talk page at anytime here. Mlpearc ( powwow )

May 2013
Hello, Zach xprize. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article X Prize Foundation, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was X Prize Foundation‎, 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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Hi Emir,

I just received your message in regards to the X Prize Foundation article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Prize_Foundation).

Yes, I do work for the Foundation. We had some requests to clarify some items on our article since they were not accurate. The main summary of changes were as follows:

- The Tricorder XPRIZE was awarded, so I moved that to past contests and added the end year. - We launched two new competitions last year, the Women's Safety and Water Abundance XPRIZEs. I added brief overviews for them. - Removed something listed as a Future XPRIZE that is no longer being pursued. - The Board of Trustees don't run the organization, the Board of Directors (a subset of the Trustees) do. The Trustees are still very active in what we do though, so I separated them out. This change to board structure happened ~2 years ago.

I hope I was able to update the page in an objective manner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zach xprize (talk • contribs)
 * Are you paid for your work at X Prize or a you a volunteer/intern? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:53, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Emir, Yes, I am a FT employee at XPRIZE. Zach xprize (talk) 21:42, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * In that case Zach please add to any page related to XPRIZE that you edit. You must also read Paid-contribution disclosure if you have not done so. If you have any more questions then feel free to ask me. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That is correct. I added it to that page, but you should do it for any future pages please. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 22:56, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Emir, Will do moving forward. It appears that has already been added to the main X Prize Foundation page? Is that correct? Zach xprize (talk) 21:59, 17 January 2018 (UTC)