User talk:David Bloom -- BHISD

October 2024

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Barbers Hill Independent School District. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Alith Anar 15:47, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Barbers Hill Independent School District, you may be blocked from editing. Alith Anar 15:54, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Barbers Hill High School. Alith Anar 15:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you Wikipedia staff; do mean to violate anything ... first timer here. David Bloom -- BHISD (talk) 15:56, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David, it's pretty obvious from your user name that you're employed by the school district. That in itself isn't a problem but as explained in the links below, it's why we discourage people from directly editing articles with which they are involved. Even with the best intentions, direct edits introduce bias - conscious or unconscious. I've read what you added to the article, and to me, it reads like a defence and justification of the school district policy rather than a neutral commentary as Wikipedia's policy on neutrality requires. That's not to say the section can't be improved, there's always room for improvement. Adding sourced content about the district policy and that can include the Superintendent's essay in the Houston Chronicle, but it needs to be written in a neutral tone. I suggest you propose your changes on the two articles' talk pages and enter into a discussion to establish an agreeable version. Nthep (talk) 16:34, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where do I go to propose agreeable changes? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Bloom -- BHISD (talk • contribs) 16:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Barbers Hill Independent School District and Talk:Barbers Hill High School. Nthep (talk) 18:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you will need to disclose your conflict of interest on your user page and then go to the talk page of the article in question and propose any changes using the COI edit request process. Details of both of these requirements can be found in the relevant policy here, WP:COI.

Hope this helps, Axad12 (talk) 17:56, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Bloom -- BHISD (talk • contribs) 18:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please remember to sign in to your account. Nthep (talk) 18:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think your contribution at WP:COIN may have been made under a misapprehension. You need to declare your conflict of interest on your own userpage (for link see top left above) while logged into your account. Then you need to go to one of the articles you wish to make changes to and go to the talk page (for link see top left on that article's page). Then select 'Add Topic' (top right). Then using the header as indicated in the process shown at WP:COI describe the change you wish to make to the article as well as links to sources that confirm what you are looking to update/change. Then, once you've done that on one article, repeat the process on the other article.

I hope this assists. Axad12 (talk) 21:06, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello David Bloom -- BHISD. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, 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 employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged 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.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:David Bloom -- BHISD. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=David Bloom -- BHISD|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. 331dot (talk) 08:46, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

331 dot, I think he has been trying to declare here [1] at COIN, so I have tried to clarify the correct process for the user in the thread directly above this one. Kind regards, Axad12 (talk) 08:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, David Bloom -- BHISD. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Barbers Hill Independent School District, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to 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 Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Alith Anar 15:47, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. The thread is https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:_David_Bloom_--_BHISD. Thank you. نوح^فث ^{Let's Chat!} 17:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+ The link may not be working, scroll all the way down. نوح^فث ^{Let's Chat!} 17:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]