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Hi, Acroterion.

Thanks for your message. I appreciate it, as there is a learning curve in using Wikipedia.

I am doing my best to follow all of the conflict of interest rules. As soon as I started my account, I declared my COI on my User Page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CALSNewsManager

I also declared my COI on the Talk Page for the UW–Madison College of Ag and Life Sciences, where I work:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison_College_of_Agricultural_and_Life_Sciences

I didn’t make any edits to the college’s Article, but expressed my interest in doing so on the Talk Page. My message read:

== Would like to fix problems with this page ==

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I am the news manager for the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. It has come to my attention that there are many inaccuracies and omissions in the college's Wikipedia page. I would like to help get this rectified and provide accurate information. Here are a couple of examples: John Rector Brown was never a college leader (we don't know who he is), and we only have 15 departments now and some of their names have recently changed. See: https://cals.wisc.edu/departments/ I would like to help make this Wikipedia article more helpful to readers, aiming for an A class level of content. What is the best way for me to move forward? CALSNewsManager (talk) 20:29, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply][reply]

Because there are so many problems with the college’s Wikipedia Article, I would really appreciate the opportunity to draft a revision of the full article, and have you proofread it – ahead of submission.

Would you be willing to proofread my draft article – and provide general guidance as I move forward with this? It would be much appreciated.

I am also going to request to change my username. I chose a bad one – so thanks for pointing that out.

Thanks,

Nicole

CALSNewsManager (talk) 14:45, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]