User talk:Weeden1168

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hi I have been asked by the Principle of Weeden Heights Primary school to make changes I am not vandlising the website. I am trying to put correct details in. How can I change or edit with permission? Weeden1168 (talk) 13:03, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, replacing content with "Please see Weeden Heights Primary school website for more information" not encyclopedic, which is why I reverted the change. It sort of falls under a violation of wikipedia's advertising policy -- see WP:ADVERT -- but it certainly doesn't look good in an encyclopedia entry -- and wikipedia, after all, is supposed to be an encyclopedia. Also, if you want to make changes to wikipedia, please try not to remove content, and if you are, please provide an edit summary as to why.

Second -- if you've been asked by an administrator of the school to make changes to the page, that's a conflict of interest -- see WP:COI, and you really shouldn't be editing a page you have a vested interest in. Wikipedia is supposed to have a neutral point of view, and editing with a vested interest makes it very difficult to stay neutral. You should follow the WP:COI policies for editing in this case if you want to proceed.

I hope all this helps! Please let me know if you want/need anything further. Gscshoyru (talk) 13:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advise and it has been very helpful. Is it ok to take out names of teachers? Also how do I provide an edit summary as to why I would like to make a change? Weeden1168 (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly have no idea if it's ok to take out the names of teachers -- it makes sense from a privacy standpoint, but do keep in mind they will always be there in history of the page... I might suggest asking for help on the Wikipedia:Reference_desk, since the people there will get back to you quickly and will certainly have a better understanding of this than I do.

As for edit summaries -- there's a box just above the "save page" button for you to put an edit summary in when you edit a page. Gscshoyru (talk) 13:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]