User talk:Wmmts
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[edit]Hello, Wmmts, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Lance Sterling, 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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- Hi there,
- How can I go about making edits to this page? There are a number of things listed on Lance Sterling's Wikipedia page that are no longer accurate and he would like to have it updated. I am brand new to this, so I am a little confused. Any help is much appreciated! 76.94.174.202 (talk) 21:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi! First, let me say that I can understand that you may want to make changes, but due to both Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the conflict of interest guidelines, I think it would be better if you did not edit his page directly.
- If you have edits that you'd like have made, and you have verifiable sources for those changes, you can raise them either on the article's talk page or the BLP Noticeboard, and request that someone make the changes on your behalf. You will need to disclose your conflict of interest when you do so.
- Also, please make sure to log in when you make edits, only use one account, and always declare your conflict of interest in your edit summary so that it does not appear you are trying to avoid scrutiny on your edits (see WP:SOCK).
- Hope this helps! EasyAsPai (talk) 22:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)