User talk:Kelly at VisitGeneseeNY

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Good morning,

As the official tourism destination marketing organization, working on behalf of the Genesee County goverment - we have been asked to review the information to insert corrections or make additions to missing information. The link that I corrected hasn't been an active website in 20 or more years. Is there another process for communities to make corrections and updates to things like area attractions -parks etc? VisitGeneseeNY (talk) 14:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, all edit requests should be made on the corresponding talk pages of the articles you have a conflict of interest. When opening a new topic for an edit request, copy the following and paste it at the top: {{edit COI}}. This will bring attention to an interested editor to your request.

Our username policy doesn't allow official accounts on here. Please change your username at the appropriate page listed at Wikipedia:Changing username. It can be something like "Rob at VisitGeneseeNY", if you wish to identify yourself with your organization, or any other usernames if otherwise. – robertsky (talk) 15:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thank you. I will have someone look in to this. I just hopped in quick to make the fix because our area is gearing up as a destination for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th. thank you. VisitGeneseeNY (talk) 15:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And on your username? Will you be changing it? – robertsky (talk) 15:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you the only one with access to this account? Accounts may not be shared. 331dot (talk) 16:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will delete my account when we can determine who will take on learning the do's/don'ts and the time to provide factual and updated and additional information on Genesee County (in our area of expertise). VisitGeneseeNY (talk) 16:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not possible to delete an account, as all edits must be attributable to someone. Your account has been renamed which resolves that issue. You (and/or whomever your organization designates to represent it here) will also need to make the Terms of Use-required paid editing disclosure; please review the information on this page carefully. 331dot (talk) 18:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]