User talk:Hans2214

April 2023[edit]

Hello, I'm Eejit43. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Klaus Werner Wedell, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I assume you are a moderator employed by Wikipedia? Could you confirm This please. Firstly our apologies if we have made an error. Klaus Wedell was my father and my sister and I were trying to correct and update the page which had been published by someone else (we do not know who so cannot speak to them) we had thought we had done everything correctly. If you could advise specifically our error(s) and advise how we may access the page to make the necessary corrections we would be grateful. My sister who has done the lion share of the work will also be in contact with you. Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from you. Hans2214 (talk) 15:11, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Hans2214. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Klaus Werner Wedell, 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, clients, 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);
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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. ––FormalDude (talk) 18:09, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your input. I am learning very quickly about all this. I also have somebody else from Wikipedia writing to me as well effectively saying exactly what you are saying. What we were trying to do originally was to correct something that was written by someone of whom we have no knowledge, Am I to assume therefore that we need to pay somebody external to do the research and write / update the entry? Many thanks. Hans2214 (talk) 18:22, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, you don't and you shouldn't. You can propose changes on the talk page using the {{request edit}} template to attract the attention of experienced editors. ––FormalDude (talk) 18:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’m beginning to understand. Many thanks for that, it really helps point me in the right direction. Cheers Hans2214 (talk) 18:35, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]