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Again, welcome! Jytdog (talk) 06:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Note on your edit
editThere are two reasons why you should not have added that content to Alternative cancer treatments (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). The first is that it's sourced to a journal published by OMICS Publishing Group, a predatory publisher that exerts no evident critical review. The second is that your rename request makes it seem very likely that you yourself are the author. Guy (Help!) 12:34, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
Conflict of interest in Wikipedia
editHi Johntucker28 I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. You appear to trying to add content to Wikipedia sourced to a paper of which you are the author. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.
Hello, Johntucker28. 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 COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:
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Comments and requests
editWikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).
Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. Would you please confirm that you are a co-author of the paper you tried to add here? Once you answer (and you can reply just below - I will see it), we can talk about editing Wikipedia a bit. Best regards Jytdog (talk) 06:21, 10 February 2016 (UTC)