ReneeTucson

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Happy editing! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:39, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

March 2021

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Breastfeeding. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. NJD-DE (talk) 16:40, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Breastfeeding, you may be blocked from editing. NJD-DE (talk) 16:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

I noticed you have changed my edit claiming that it is promotion. I disagree with you because I am defining what a lactation consultant is not promoting. Please note the distinction. The subheading is lactation consultant but there is no definition of consultant listed. I list what a lactation consultant is. If you are not familiar with the many distinctions of lactation professionals, I suggest you familiarize yourself with them before editing. You will discover that "lactation consultant" is vague. Using clarification of IBCLC is not promotion but education as to what a lactation consultant credentials should be. Otherwise the entire section of lactation consultant should be removed all together.--ReneeTucson (talk) 16:57, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

It is an optional certification (and not the only one), and generally is not required by health care regulations. Talking up the 'specialized training' provided absolutely is promoting the certification. Do you have any association with the organization that administers this certification? MrOllie (talk) 17:26, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

I read Renee's addition to the Breastfeeding article as probably being a good-faith edit. Renee, just for background, Wikipedia has a huge problem with people coming to Wikipedia to promote organizations that they work for. This means that Wikipedia volunteers are often watching out for this phenomenon and many new editors get the kinds of questions you're getting on this page. It also means that Wikipedia prefers third-party, independent sources, like the kind we have in the Outcomes section of the Lactation consultant article. For biomedical content, there is a guideline on reliable sources for medicine that you should familiarize yourself with. If you add content that references those kinds of sources, other editors will in all likelihood accept it. We could really use more experts on breastfeeding contributing to Wikipedia so I hope you stay and contribute more. I'm watching your talk page so if you run in to any difficulty I'm here to help. Best, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 17:53, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

FYI, I took what you had tried to add to the Breastfeeding article and adapted it for the Lactation consultant article. If you could look at that article and see if it needs further work (I'm sure it does), that would be great. I also made the language in Breastfeeding#Professional breastfeeding support more specific to bring it in line with the evidence. I can imagine your Wikipedia editing experience thus far has been stressful and unfortunately it often is for new editors, but believe me your efforts make a difference and are appreciated. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 18:27, 7 March 2021 (UTC)