User talk:Doug canada

File:Information.svg Hello Doug canada. The nature of your edits gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being employed (or being compensated in any way) by a person, group, company or organization to promote their interests. Paid advocacy on Wikipedia must be disclosed even if you have not specifically been asked to edit Wikipedia. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.

Paid advocates are strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.

Regardless, if you are receiving or expect to receive compensation for your edits, broadly construed, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Doug canada. The template {{tl|Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{tlc|paid|2=user=Doug canada|3=employer=InsertName|4=client=InsertName}}. If I am mistaken – you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits – please state that in response to this message. Otherwise, please provide the required disclosure. In either case, do not edit further until you answer this message. Theroadislong (talk) 19:22, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you for the message. I understand the importance of transparency on Wikipedia and appreciate you pointing this out.

:I am affiliated with the subject of the article and have now posted the required disclosure on my user page using the {{Paid}} template. I am contributing in good faith and working to ensure the article is neutral, well-sourced, and policy-compliant. I’ve also tried to rely on independent, third-party sources wherever possible and welcome suggestions for further improvement.

:Going forward, I’ll suggest changes via the Talk page as recommended. Thank you again for the guidance. Doug canada (talk) 15:51, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

::You are free to edit the drafts, the talk page request system is for articles in mainspace. Theroadislong (talk) 15:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:::understood. Doug canada (talk) 15:57, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Here Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. Theroadislong (talk) 15:39, 25 March 2025 (UTC)