September 2021

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The material added came from my own writing, which I do for Mr Foster on a regular basis. MemoEP (talk) 14:08, 29 September 2021 (UTC)MemoEPReply

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Managing a conflict of interest

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  Hello, MemoEP. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Paul L. Foster, 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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