User talk:PNewcomb

Welcome![edit]

Hello, PNewcomb, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Conflict of interest relating to Encyclopedia of Milwaukee[edit]

Hello, PNewcomb. 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. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. 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, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with 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). Thank you. 32.218.37.68 (talk) 02:16, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. I am a student intern for the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. I not being compensated and also not doing this work for credit. I believe the links I am making from the Encyclopedia fall under Wikipedia’s guidelines for institutions that are part of the Cultural Sector sharing their knowledge. My goal is to share research from the Encyclopedia with Wikipedia users.

Here is some information about the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, which is being made at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The leadership is Professor Margo Anderson and Professor Amanda Seligman, who are both full professors in the History Department. Content in the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee is written by experts and is vetted through a rigorous fact-checking process. It is currently published online and the finished product is under contract for publication by Northern Illinois University Press.

Would you be willing to give me some guidance about where I should post this information? PNewcomb (talk) 23:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Read the above links about your conflict of interest (it doesn't matter if you're being paid). As the linked guidance suggests, if you want to make additions to articles citing the EoM, then please make your suggestions on the talk page and have them reviewed by other editors. 32.218.35.1 (talk) 18:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]