Mary Mueller

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Hi Jesse,

Thank you for your edits. I did not realize you weren't really supposed to edit the page if a press secretary for the individual so I apologize. We were trying to add information we felt important to the public and delete info that was not sourced or confirmed such as: DiNapoli worked as an aide for Assemblyman Angelo F. Orazio. He also served as a District Representative for Congressman Robert J. Mrazek. We didn't know where it came from or the dates. Also, most people don't know what the Comptroller does so we were trying to get that closer to the top or included in the service area. It says: As Comptroller, DiNapoli makes periodic, public reports on a variety of issues affecting state, local, and charitable agencies, but this isn't really accurate. Thanks for your help! Mary Mueller (talk) 22:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

I also sent the headshot to the appropriate emails this time granting access for Wikipedia and users to use across platforms in perpetuity. Hopefully this helps, sorry about that! Learning here as I go! Mary Mueller (talk) 22:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Also wondering, is there an issue with adding the 2018 and 2022 election table results of all candidates? I noticed they were deleted. thank you! Mary Mueller (talk) 22:55, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and your fair questions. Yes, I agree that a lot of the article could be corrected and more info added to it. I don't have particular problems with any of your suggestions, only request that everything follow the MOS and other guidelines, and there be no copyright violations, including text from the NYS website explaining the function of the Comptroller or photographs (which can be licensed, for use under CC but still retained ownership by the Office or State or whomever), but stuff like the election tables is unambiguously solid content for an elected official.

The other current issue is that since you do have the COI, your edits may be seen as promotional. The best bet is to put your requests in the article talk page, for best results in an "change X to Y" or "add/remove Z". In smaller targeted batches as well, like per section heading rather than all of the changes you previously made at once. More info in the section below this one about managing a COI. Thanks! JesseRafe (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Mary Mueller. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Thomas DiNapoli, 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:

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Hi Mary, many of your edits were good, but a few were a little too fawning. I didn't look up the first batch, just trimmed the fat, but the next batch clearly were more promotional and a quick lookup of your username indicated you were very likely the same person who would have a professional interest in "improving" the WP page of the Comptroller. Please follow the above notes and make your requests on the Talk page, note this may take longer than just editing yourself, but failure to do so will likely result in no changes that you are trying to make getting through. Cheers, JesseRafe (talk) 13:49, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023

Your edit to Thomas DiNapoli has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information.

Just a note, in case you ever happen to come back here, that the photos you replaced were removed automatically by a bot that found them to copyrighted. Your office might very well own those photos, but there is a process to follow if you want to license them for use on Wikipedia, see the links above or ask at the Help desk. JesseRafe (talk) 14:01, 18 January 2023 (UTC)