User talk:ForrestWitch

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Hello, ForrestWitch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Charles Liu, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, visit the Teahouse, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 03:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I do not work for or represent Charles Liu, but I work for the College of Staten Island. We are working on a project to update CSI-related pages. I made other CSI edits under my other account, which I was encouraged to abandon because I d ForrestWitch (talk) 05:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

…didn’t realize you shouldn’t use your real name in your username. In the future I’ll submit CSI-related edits in the method you described. ForrestWitch (talk) 05:29, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From what you said, this counts as paid editing. Please be very careful to follow the requirements in that link, and if there are other people you work with doing the same thing, share it with them. :Jay8g [V•T•E] 06:15, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I will! Librarians just love documenting things! I volunteered to help out because I love looking for citations. Because librarian. ForrestWitch (talk) 15:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(You’ll notice book links go to WorldCat.) ForrestWitch (talk) 15:22, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]