User talk:JasonEdmondsWCC

February 2016[edit]

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Williamson College, from its old location at User:JasonEdmondsWCC/Williamson College. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 04:50, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Williamson College (February 25)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LaMona was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment they left was:

Colleges are considered to be notable, but you should make every attempt to replace the primary sources here (those by the college itself) with secondary sources (those about the college and written by independent, reliable publications).

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Williamson College and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

LaMona (talk) 00:48, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! JasonEdmondsWCC, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! LaMona (talk) 00:48, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest[edit]

Hello, JasonEdmondsWCC. 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. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or 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 for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. LaMona (talk) 00:49, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Williamson College has been accepted[edit]

Williamson College, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.
If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

SwisterTwister talk 07:55, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Editing in Mainspace with COI[edit]

I see that the article for Williamson College was accepted. Congratulations. However, you still need to address the issue of conflict of interest. While conflict of interest editing is accepted while an article is in draft, once it is in main space those with a COI should not edit the article further. You have not responded to the COI notice that I placed here earlier. Please make clear your relationship with the subject of the article. If you are, for example, an employee of the college, then your COI is clear, but it also means that you should refrain from editing the article, with the exception of making minor, uncontroversial edits like fixing typos.

In draft space you have reviewers who are looking at the article. Now that the article is accepted there is no formal process to make sure that edits being made follow the neutral point of view that is required by Wikipedia. It is for this reason that COI has a different role when the article is accepted.

Please reply here: what is your relationship with Williamson College? Thank you, LaMona (talk) 15:47, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, LaMona. Sorry for not replying sooner, still figuring out some of the features here on Wiki. I am a former student of Williamson College, but am no means associated with them other than the fact I earned my degree there. I am not receiving pay or any other form of compensation for creating this article, I just did it out of my own desire to see my alma mater have it's rightful place on Wikipedia. Please let me know if this does cause a COI, but I don't see how it could. Thanks for your time, LaMona.

Hi, User:JasonEdmondsWCC, thanks for replying and for clarifying that. Alums aren't considered to have a COI, so that's fine. This will now be on your talk page in case others have the same question. It was including a "mention" of the college in your username that brought this up, but assuming that you will (and I hope you will) stick around to edit other articles as well, it shouldn't cause more notice. LaMona (talk) 20:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]