DavidErmold

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COI editing

Welcome to Wikipedia, David. I see that you are the David Ermold involved in the Davis scandal. You're a brave guy! To help you avoid problems here, you need to read about our conflict of interest (COI) guideline. You could get into trouble if you make any edits related to yourself, as you have done. It would be safest to use the talk pages and make suggestions. If you work with other editors, I suspect they will be receptive to working with you. After all, they know the rules here much better than you do. If you have any questions or encounter problems, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Good luck! -- BullRangifer (talk) 02:30, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Anything that looks like self-promotion, edit warring, and giving undue weight to your cause will most certainly get you in trouble. I haven't gone through all your edits yet, but just the ones for Rowan County, Kentucky are problematic, so stop immediately from making more edits of that type. If your edits are reverted, do not restore them. Instead, use the talk page and discuss the matter. Reach a consensus with other editors before proceeding.

Your edits on the county page involve all three things mentioned above. The incident is part of the county's history, but not enough to be worth more than a sentence, which would include a wikilink to the Davis article, and no picture. -- BullRangifer (talk) 02:47, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome, and I appreciate the advice. The Rowan County article I believe was reverted from another user. I made updates to the Davis article, that were neutral and cited wherever I thought appropriate. No harm intended. Some of the "minor edits" were clean up when I found typos in my own writing. Shouldn't be a problem. DavidErmold 03:46, December 14, 2015‎ (UTC)

Minor edits

I notice that your edits are marked as minor edits, when most of them aren't. That will be seen as deceptive. I suspect that it's happening automatically, so go to your "preferences" and change that. There is never any real need to mark an edit as "minor", even when it is. -- BullRangifer (talk) 03:04, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Requesting assistance: May permission be granted for image?

DavidErmold, thank-you for your brave contributions to Wikipedia. The Kim Davis (county clerk) article is now being quality reviewed for WP:GA. You can help in one important regard: Would you please give your permission to Wikipedia to explicitly release your screen capture image of your viral video seen in the article under a compatible license (such as CC-by-sa-3.0)? I ask solely because only free images are normally used on Wikipedia unless an exception is made, such as your permission allowing the screen capture image to be released under this free license. Thank-you, your answer below would be greatly appreciated! Best, —Prhartcom♥ 19:12, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

File:Kim Davis (county clerk) refusing a marriage licence to David Ermold and David Moore.jpg is the file, which was downloaded from https://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Marriage-license-denial.jpg, and should be placed into the Davis' reactions to same-sex marriage ruling section. Thank-you again (hopefully!) for your permission below. Best, —Prhartcom♥ 04:11, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Usage of the images are fine. I think I submitted one or two earlier, but they may have been edited out. If there is anything else you need, feel free to ask. We keep a lot of photos up on facebook of everything that happened and the wedding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidErmold (talk • contribs) 06:39, 27 May 2016‎

DavidErmold, thank-you so much, we are honored. I am sending you an email now; please reply with your permission just as you have done above, then I will forward your granted permission to the WP:OTRS team. Thank-you again! —Prhartcom♥ 15:21, 27 May 2016 (UTC)