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Dawnmerritt, you are invited to the Teahouse! edit

 

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March 2015 edit

 

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Izaak Walton League. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

  1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
  2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. While edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount and can lead to a block, breaking the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a block. If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. Amortias (T)(C) 22:43, 11 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

SPA/COI notice edit

Hi Dawnmerritt, in light of your edits, it appears that your account is what we call a "single purpose account" (WP:SPA and that you may have a conflict of interest with regard to some of your edits, so I am providing you with this notice.

  Hello, Dawnmerritt. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

  • Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
  • Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
  • Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.

I also don't understand why you requested "administrative rights" over the page, which I will address after you reply. Would you please declare your relationship with the subjects you have been editing?

Thanks Jytdog (talk) 01:13, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

actually, I apologize. You did declare your COI here. Please do abide by the restrictions on paid editors and editors with a COI, described here: WP:COI. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 01:45, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion edit

  This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 01:27, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

discussion is here: Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Environmental_organization_articles Jytdog (talk) 01:27, 13 March 2015 (UTC)Reply