User talk:Chris HCPS Communications Specialist

December 2015

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Henrico County Public Schools. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:35, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Henrico County Public Schools, and I noticed that your username, "HCPS Communications Specialist", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Trammel Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", and "WidgetFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:35, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, HCPS Communications Specialist. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies.

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:29, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose.

If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page.

You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock-un|new username|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:29, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Chris HCPS Communications Specialist (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I have had my user name changed to one that is specific and not generic. Chris HCPS Communications Specialist (talk) 12:00, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

As your username was the only reason for the block, I have accepted your unblock request, but I strongly suggest that you review the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy before you do anything else. Compliance with the paid editing policy is required by Wikipedia's Terms of Use if you are a paid editor. 331dot (talk) 12:07, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the referral. I have read the policy and will try to make sure I abide by it. Our information is always changing (stats, School Board members, etc.) so I want to make sure I keep that updated regularly. Do I need to propose those changes on the talk pages each time or can I edit them as our info changes? Also, in accordance with the COI policy, I was thinking I should I insert something on the page like, "This page is regularly updated by a member of the Henrico County Public Schools Department of Communications and Public Relations." Would that comply? And would that typically go at the top of the page? Thanks for your help. Chris HCPS Communications Specialist (talk) 12:19, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you should avoid editing articles in the area of your COI directly(with the exception of reverting blatant vandalism, which you may do yourself), instead suggesting changes on the article talk page. You should format them as edit requests so that they are seen by other editors. I will shortly place an appropriate template on the talk page of the article about your school district indicating your involvement; you can copy the wikicode that displays this message to other article talk pages. 331dot (talk) 12:31, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am posting the template on the assumption that you are an employee of the school district, if you are a volunteer or otherwise unpaid, please clarify. 331dot (talk) 12:32, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help. Yes, I am an employee of the school division. I was asked to make sure that the info on the HCPS page is current and accurate - good to know about the edit requests and that's what I'll use.Chris HCPS Communications Specialist (talk) 12:39, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]