Armyhutchings

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Guidelines on conflict of interest editing

Hello, Armyhutchings. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Stacey Roy, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

• avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 04:37, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

I do not have any COI with Stacey Roy. I've never even been to Canada. Armyhutchings (talk) 13:23, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your response to these guidelines. A couple of things - in one of your edit summaries you stated that "Mike Parkerson will no longer be involved in the editing of this page" - are you able to explain what you meant by that or how you know that? Also, when you leave a message on a talk page like you did here, please "sign" it by including four tildes (~ this symbol) at the end. Thanks, Melcous (talk)

After seeing the COI on Stacey's page, I found Mike on Twitter and sent him a DM explaining the situation and he replied back saying he'd stay out of it. Armyhutchings (talk) 13:23, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

In other news, I'm not sure what to use for the remaining two "Citation needed" flags on the page. For the 2nd one, those are the shows she runs on Twitch. It can be seen from her Offline splash screen. But, I'm not sure that counts as a "source". For the first one, I'm guessing the part that needs a citation is that working at the Uva Wine Bar inspired her first show Nerdy Bartender. It's something she discussed on a recent Twitch broadcast for her "Cooking" with Stacey when she was on location at the Uva Wine Bar with her former boss. Armyhutchings (talk) 13:48, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia is based on content that has been reported in reliable, secondary sources. So if no such sources are available, then the content should not be included. Thanks, Melcous (talk) 14:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

That's not particularly helpful. Her Twitch shows are a matter of fact. They exist on a weekly basis. There's historical archives of her shows on Twitch. They very clearly exist. Also, what needs to happen to remove the COI tag? Mike's no longer going to participate in updating the wiki. Armyhutchings (talk) 14:49, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Strange as it may seem, wikipedia actually doesn't work based on what we think are 'facts' but rather on what is contained in published sources. That's the standard - please read WP:RS for more information on that. The COI tags can be removed once the article has been edited by other editors such that any issues of notability and point of view etc have been removed. I'm sorry to say but it still seems a little odd to me that you knew that Mike was the person editing the article (as far as I can see that was never disclosed on here) and are in contact with him, but have no personal connection with the person/topic. Also, it would be great if you could indent replies by using colons, it makes talk page discussions much easier to read and follow - see this explanation: WP:THREAD. Thanks, Melcous (talk) 15:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

rpwhabam is Mike's Twitch name and is public knowledge. (at work, so responses will be delayed) Armyhutchings (talk) 17:51, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Ah ok, thanks for clarifying. Melcous (talk) 23:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)