User talk:ApertureUA
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, ApertureUA. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:
- avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
- propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the Edit Request Wizard), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
- disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
- avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
- do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.
In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.
Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 19:55, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I am not an affiliate ApertureUA (talk) 19:58, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
July 2025
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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Hack Club. While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 19:56, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I don't see another reasonable way to proceed with having actual readable content on that page and how it's not neutral. Should the list by itself be removed? I thought that change is major enough to need the talk page first. ApertureUA (talk) 20:03, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I was also about to add a "criticism" section but now that would be lacking some context. And without other content on that page, it would look like I am *against* HackClub. ApertureUA (talk) 20:05, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- You're not supposed to add a list of sponsors to an article because it isn't encyclopedic. Anything you say, both praise and criticism, has to be backed up by reliable sources. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 20:07, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I did not add that, I reverted someone else removing pretty much the entire article. But anyways, what about the long list of notable events I initially added a single entry to? These aren't notable enough to have their own pages (eg. HackMIT) but in my opinion are notable enough to provide insight on what kind of activities the said organization actually does. Are the claims from the organizers themselves enough of a source for the existence of these or do I have to pull up old news pages saying virtually the same thing? ApertureUA (talk) 20:21, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- Also, I am sorry if I am sounding rude, I am just unexperienced. Quick question, I understand that this blog is not a reliable enough source to claim HC *did* something but is it notable enough to say "A previous member has accused..."? ApertureUA (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- No, that is not a reliable source and you can't add that to the article unless a reputable news agency or another reliable source covered it. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 20:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- That's... ...great. Or not so great. I am not sure. But either way, I am looking forward to the answers to my other questions, thanks. ApertureUA (talk) 20:58, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- No, that is not a reliable source and you can't add that to the article unless a reputable news agency or another reliable source covered it. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 20:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- Also, I am sorry if I am sounding rude, I am just unexperienced. Quick question, I understand that this blog is not a reliable enough source to claim HC *did* something but is it notable enough to say "A previous member has accused..."? ApertureUA (talk) 20:25, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I did not add that, I reverted someone else removing pretty much the entire article. But anyways, what about the long list of notable events I initially added a single entry to? These aren't notable enough to have their own pages (eg. HackMIT) but in my opinion are notable enough to provide insight on what kind of activities the said organization actually does. Are the claims from the organizers themselves enough of a source for the existence of these or do I have to pull up old news pages saying virtually the same thing? ApertureUA (talk) 20:21, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- You're not supposed to add a list of sponsors to an article because it isn't encyclopedic. Anything you say, both praise and criticism, has to be backed up by reliable sources. 🧙♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 20:07, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- I was also about to add a "criticism" section but now that would be lacking some context. And without other content on that page, it would look like I am *against* HackClub. ApertureUA (talk) 20:05, 12 July 2025 (UTC)