User talk:Adamjanks

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was University of Michigan Solar Car Team‎, 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 05:19, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 2022[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at University of Michigan Solar Car Team, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 19:54, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. Out of curiosity, of the things I added/changed, what needed to be cited? I am a high-ranking member of the team and therefore know certain things about the team that might not be documented anywhere else. I didn't make any claims of new wins or anything like that. I simply redid the addition of the wins listed on the page (all of which are cited). Adamjanks (talk) 20:29, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, as a member of the team you should not edit the article. Please see the policies about conflict of interest linked in the Welcome message above. Wikipedia reports information which is documented in reliable, published sources, so please do not add information you know which is not documented anywhere else. Tacyarg (talk) 16:18, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Adamjanks. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page University of Michigan Solar Car Team, 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. Tacyarg (talk) 18:59, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]