Milton Township

July 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Milton Township", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because Promotional; Shared use. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 17:14, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi John,

I work for Milton Township as the administrative assistant. I am directed by Robert Benjamin, Supervisor, to edit and maintain this page through Wikipedia. Do you have a better user name suggestion for me?

You are what we refer to as a PAID editor. You are not allowed to edit the page. See below for further details. John from Idegon (talk) 17:37, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Further explanation: This is not social media. The article on the township in no sense belongs to the township. It isn't up to you to maintain it. Information provided by the township is not what an encyclopedia article is made up of. Some of what you added is ok; it's just not ok that you added it. By nature, encyclopedias are tertiary. That means we do not write about a given subject, such as this township; instead, we write about what is written about a given subject. All additions should be referenced to reliable sources, totally independent of the township. That being said, some mundane totally non-contentious can be cited to the township (like personnel, however, we only list the top guy such as the administrator and elected officials). Everything else needs to come from sources independent of the township government. Population and economic stats should come from the US Census and it must be referenced. If you see something wrong, then post an edit request on the article's talk page and a neutral editor such as myself will take care of it. Be sure to provide a source. And you must change your username or you will soon be blocked from editing. I don't know your name, but something like User:MiltonTownshipJoan would be ok. Thanks John from Idegon (talk) 18:04, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 17:38, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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