User talk:LetDownYourNets

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Holy Spirit Catholic School, 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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Dear Joyous!,

Thank you for the feedback. The removed information from the page is over 15 years old that has nothing to do with Holy Spirit Catholic School. The edits I made were to provide basic encyclopedic information about Holy Spirit as of today, including information about the school's history and its current mission and vision statements. Because I have a "conflict of interest" you're telling me that I can't make changes? I should just have someone else make the edits?

Thank you,

HOlySpiritSaints HolySpiritSaints (talk) 16:13, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again! I don't want to say that you CAN'T make changes to Holy Spirit Catholic School, but when someone is affiliated with an organization, it's harder to make neutral edits. Try to look at your orginal edit from an outside point of view. You removed the sourced and cited mention of abuse allegations, and replaced it with what appears to be text from the school's student handbook. It now sounds like an advertisement for the school, which is why we discourage conflict-of-interest editing in the first place. I think it may also a copyright violation, as it is coming straight from the school material, word-for-word. Perhaps you could discuss your suggested changes on the article's talk page. I suggest that you read over articles for other schools, to see the tone that we look for. For example, St. Anthony Catholic School isn't a perfect article, but the tone is informational. That's what we're looking for. Joyous! Noise! 22:09, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

February 2024

Hello, I'm Joyous!. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Holy Spirit Catholic School have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Joyous! Noise! 16:03, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]