CFW1955

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Hello, CFW1955, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Notre Dame Law School, 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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Thank you Mendaliv! Yes I work at Notre Dame Law School and would like to update some of the info on the NDLS Wikipedia page. It looks like none of my edits have been undone yet, which I very much appreciate since it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to make them. Thanks for reaching out to help. So, going forward, I should copy & paste the sections of the NDLS page that I would like to see updated into my user:CFW1955 space, make my proposed changes there, and then give a yell for you to give it a read? Once you are OK with the changes, would you then make them "for real" on the public Wikipedia page, or would I then do that once I get the go-ahead? Either way, I should still try to do all the formatting & coding in the draft copy so that it can be copied over if approved, right? CFW1955 (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

If you wish to make an edit where you have a conflict of interest the quickest way of doing so is to post the requested chang on the articles talkpage. You will need to place the {{requested edit}} text above your request and then state what you want changing. you should list your changes in a Change X to Y format. Amortias (T)(C) 21:17, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Got it -- thanks & will do. CFW1955 (talk) 21:21, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi CFW1955. I'd just like to echo Amortias' statement. Particularly if you're not comfortable making the changes yourself, an easy way is to just use the {{requested edit}} template in conjunction with a clear request at the article's talk page (in this case, Talk:Notre Dame Law School). If someone responding needs clarification they should notify you that they need further information. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 00:11, 27 March 2015 (UTC)