Wallywahoo
Managing a conflict of interest
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Hello, Wallywahoo. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page DC Vote, 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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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. signed, Rosguill talk 21:32, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Rosguill! Thanks for your message - and as you've probably noticed I'm a new editor and am figuring this all out hence many edits for such a small article! I removed the citation that perhaps made you think I have a COI? Other than that I don't think I do? Regardless happy to move on to a different page! Wallywahoo (talk) 22:05, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- That specific citation wasn't an issue, I was more concerned that editors invited to participate in Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC/DC Statehood and Home Rule edit-a-thon may have been encouraged to edit articles about topics with which they have a COI, and that some of the organizations identified as article subjects do not actually meet our rather-high standards for notability for organizations (WP:NORG). So, just wanted to make sure you were aware of relevant COI guidelines and to clear up any potential issues at the DC-state-advocacy-related articles. signed, Rosguill talk 22:09, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, got it! No one at the event, to my knowledge, represented a person or organization that was written about - and I will look at the notability standards for organizations to be better prepared! Thank you! Wallywahoo (talk) 22:15, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Rosguill: At every WMDC event, our professional facilitator discusses the COI rules with attendees and specifically discourages them from editing or creating articles where they have a COI. Our facilitator also discusses notability and sourcing requirements. Our presentation materials are posted on Wikimedia Commons. Gamaliel (talk) 18:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- That specific citation wasn't an issue, I was more concerned that editors invited to participate in Wikipedia talk:Meetup/DC/DC Statehood and Home Rule edit-a-thon may have been encouraged to edit articles about topics with which they have a COI, and that some of the organizations identified as article subjects do not actually meet our rather-high standards for notability for organizations (WP:NORG). So, just wanted to make sure you were aware of relevant COI guidelines and to clear up any potential issues at the DC-state-advocacy-related articles. signed, Rosguill talk 22:09, 14 November 2022 (UTC)