User talk:JeffRMcCollum

Hello - paid contribution disclosure

Hello all:

I am a new user and doing my best to follow the Wiki guidelines. Thanks to those of you who have already graciously helped keep me on the right path.

In respect to the full disclosure guidelines, I'm reporting that I am being compensated for any edits you see attributed to JeffRMcCollum involving Rockwell Automation. I am a communications freelancer and am not a regular employee of Rockwell. I am being compensated for bringing the outdated and incorrect information in the company's Wiki page up to date. I expect to be paid in the future for updating traditional business stats as necessary, e.g., number of employees, annual revenue, significant historical events.

I've been involved in journalism, corporate communications, writing, proofing and editing for 35+ years. I've long believed in disclosure and transparency in my work - which is why my username is also my real name.

JeffRMcCollum (talk) 22:25, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

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February 2022

Hello, JeffRMcCollum. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Rockwell Automation, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• 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, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Whisperjanes (talk) 18:25, 21 February 2022 (UTC)