Onion-IO

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Hey! Thanks for the welcome. I'm not sure where a potential conflict of interest may have happened, but I appreciate you letting me know anyways. I'll ensure I disclose any affiliation or possible biases on my user page.

This account is used by me exclusively, and I sure as hell don't make any money off it. Onion-IO (talk) 05:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey--OK, that's fine. I had just a quick look at your draft: you don't have to worry about any conflict there unless you're Robinson, Cedric J., and you're hawking your anthology, which I am sure you are not. Plus a citation or two, that's not hawking anyway. But we do have Historical materialism already, of course, so the burden would be to fit your material in. That article is not good, it's Not Good, really, and while the quotes are one thing, the tone and the lack of proper citations is a bigger thing. Anyway, no need to worry about a conflict of interest, but if you are going to work your material into the article, do it bit by bit, maybe section by section, rather than one huge change, explaining yourself in edit summaries. Some editors frown upon major changes across the article (meaning, from start to finish rather than one section) and that makes them more likely to do a grand revert of your work. Good luck with it. Drmies (talk) 15:49, 1 February 2023 (UTC)