24.116.54.218

November 2019

Hello, I'm Alex Cohn. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Sage International School—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Alex Cohn (let's chat!) 18:03, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Sage International School, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 18:09, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Please stop adding unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did on Sage International School. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. John from Idegon (talk) 17:56, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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I am new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure I'm communicating correctly, but I am the one who edited the page to include complete information. I provided a citation (the source document) which you removed. Can you explain your choice to remove the names of all those who founded the school from the listing?

The school has been around for several years and so has this article. So how is it new info on the founders has emerged from the subject of the article today? We will need secondary sources. Period. Also, when a change you have made is reverted do NOT replace it. Instead, go to the article talk page and make arguments for its inclusion, based in reliable sources and Wikipedia policy and guidelines. Content is decided by consensus. What you have been doing is called edit warring and is highly frowned upon. As a matter of fact, you are very close to getting blocked for it. Instead, follow WP:BRD. John from Idegon (talk) 22:34, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

It's not new information on the founders. The information on the founders has been available since the school was started. I gave a primary source reference (the original charter document) that lists the founders. What could be more accurate?? I only noticed the existence of the wikipedia page yesterday and, as one who has worked with the school since before its founding, I'm quite familiar with the process and who was involved. Just trying to get the correct information on the page. Not sure what your interest is in censoring the names of all those who worked on this?? Your repeated changes reverting the page back to incomplete (ergo, incorrect) information is ALSO edit warring.

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November 2019

Hello 24.116.54.218. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, such as the edit you made to Sage International School, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially egregious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat SEO.

Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists, and if it does not, from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

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I am not currently nor have I ever received payment from Sage International School. I have no "undisclosed financial stake" in this not-for-profit, public educational organization. I do not expect any financial or other compensation for my edits and I am not in conflict with the conflict of interest policy.

You work for the school. I assume they pay you. Therefore, you are a a paid editor. There isn't any ambiguity there whatsoever. You have an inherent conflict writing about your employer. The fact that you don't even see that as a conflict is why we have restrictions on paid editing. John from Idegon (talk) 01:16, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

I do NOT work for the school, nor have I ever worked for the school. As I mentioned above, I have absolutely no "undisclosed financial stake" in the organization. I repeat again, I have never received any financial compensation whatsoever from the school. I am simply trying to correct the incorrect information you have posted and you refuse to allow the clarification.

You have not replied, so I will again update the page with the correct information. I have again included a citation with the original charter document listing founders' names. I have explained (twice) that I have no financial stake in the organization. I am not sure why you're reverting edits to incorrect information, and am not sure what your own interest is in publishing false information, but I would appreciate it if you would stop doing so.

I see you've again edited the page to make the information incorrect. What is your reasoning for this?

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