User talk:Gmw2011

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Ϣere SpielChequers 16:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Coat of arms of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter[edit]

I'm curious why you removed this image from the article for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. You state in your edit summary the following: "The image posted is NOT the coat of arms. At all." It is, in fact, but I think I sense the source of your confusion. People are used to considering coats of arms as some sort of glorified logo, when in fact there is a lot of leeway for artistic expression in the rendering of coats of arms. (For more information on this admittedly arcane subject, please see the article for blazon.) The SVG hosted on Wikimedia Commons—the one you removed from the article—adheres to the formal heraldic description provided by the ordinariate, which is: Per pale gules and azure, two keys in saltire or, debruised by a sceptre flory of the third in pale sprouting three fleurs-de-lis petaled argent and stemmed of the third. In layman's terms, that is: The shield is parted in half, the left side red and the right side blue. Above that, there are two golden keys crossed over each other. Straight over these is a golden triple scepter with three silver fleurs-de-lis on the ends of the "stems," which are also golden. So the image on Commons is the coat of arms, it just doesn't look exactly like the one that you might have seen on the Ordinariate's website. — AJDS ^talk 06:41, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you are aware, I am not 93.193.97.9 (talk · contribs) and I did not just revert the edit you made. — AJDS ^talk 11:11, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do media for the organization and that is NOT the coat of arms, but one someone apparently devised from the official arms.

Conflict of interest (COI) warning[edit]

Hi, I came to your Talk page because your account seems to be what we call a "single purpose account" (please see WP:SPA - really please do). Per your note above, that "I do media for the organization..." please note that as of June 2014, the Terms of Use for Wikipedia require that anyone editing WP for pay, must disclose that conflict of interest to Wikipedia's readers. Failure to do so can lead to a site ban. It has always been Wikipedia's guidance that editors with a COI should a) disclose that conflict on pages where it is relevant, and b) avoid directly editing content for which they have a conflict and instead make suggestions on the associated Talk page, but the stakes were raised for paid editing with the changes in June. Please see WP:COI where all of that is explained. Please also see Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. Please make the disclosures you are obligated to make, and please follow our guidelines as well. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 17:29, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did their work pro bono. No pay involved. Gmw2011 (talk) 14:24, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for replying. Good to know that you are not making paid edits. However, if you are acting as their agent in any kind of professional capacity (and I cannot imagine that you would tell them that you are not acting professionally in handling their media) you still have a conflict of interest with regard to them. And your doing it pro bono means you likely have an extra layer of emotional investment that makes you even more likely to be biased. Per WP:COI you should not directly edit the article, but instead should make suggestions on the Talk page using the "edit request" tool. Please edit that way going forward. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 14:31, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

While I have you, do you have any relationship with subjects of the other articles you have edited? Thanks Jytdog (talk) 14:35, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

formal COI notice[edit]

This is just a formality, but please do take it into account. I should have used this in my earlier posting, sorry for not doing so....

Hello, Gmw2011. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 14:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]