SchoolTeacher42

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Editing the top part of an article

Referred to as the "Lead" or "Lede". Clicking on Edit in the top menu bar opens up the entire article for editing. including any info box (on the right side). David notMD (talk) 19:14, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Paid status

Just to clarify a point ... the fact that you "have recently been assigned to update" an article for your employers means that WP:Paid applies to you, even if you don't get extra money for the task. Thank you for declaring your WP:Conflict of interest. Best wishes. Dbfirs 20:56, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

I understand how this comes across @Dbfirs. I see it is too late to change now, but it was not official assignment. Words and phrasing are a powerful thing and I recognize that even more so now after my rocky introduction to Wikipedia. In actuality, I walked into the office and said "Our Wikipedia page is not accurate at all!" to which the response was essentially "Then update it if you want." It is too bad, because now I don't think anyone will update the page. Thank you for your help. and I welcome any advice you have on how best to improve the school page without being directly involved. SchoolTeacher42 (talk) 21:15, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry if my comment appeared heavy-handed, and I accept that you are not editing Wikipedia as part of your job. Please let us know what changes need to be made by suggesting them on the talk page of the article, and one of the volunteer editors at Wikipedia will make the changes for you, then the issue of conflict of interest is solved. Because nearly all of the editors here are volunteers, we tend to be suspicious of paid editing, but we all want Wikipedia articles to be accurate and up to date. I know from past experience that teachers end up with all sorts of tasks that are not really part of their job description. Thank you for wanting to improve the article. Best wishes. Dbfirs 08:20, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

@Dbfirs It is not your fault, you are just doing what is necessary to keep wikipedia from becoming another advertising venue and I appreciate that. Two questions and then I will leave you be. A) Is the best way for me to suggest edits on the Kinder HSPVA page by writing them out in their entirety and then posting them to the talk page for someone else to approve and post? Is there a tag I can use that will help it be reviewed and not over looked? B) Am I permitted to clean up this user talk page? For example, can I delete our thread? The goal is not to hide anything as I figure everything is archived but more to make this issue as resolved. Similarly, on the HSPVA talk page, can I delete a post once it has been resolved there or does someone else have to do that? I recognize I have a CoI but it would seem that cleaning up "my mess" is a polite thing to do. Thank you again for your help and I apologize for causing you to spend time flagging/educating me.SchoolTeacher42 (talk) 20:54, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

SchoolTeacher42 don't worry, we all had to learn about how Wikipedia works, and you haven't done anything wrong or made any mess. We've all made edits in the past that we wish we hadn't made. It is not usual to remove content from the talk page of an article, but, at a later stage, we can archive it. See Help:Archiving a talk page for details. This page is your own, so you can remove content or preferable archive sections as you wish. Please remember to sign your comments and questions with four tildes ~~~~ on talk pages. To suggest improvements, I would work on one section at a time, then it is easy for other editors to check. Dbfirs 20:48, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

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