User talk:Alexander ISUM
Welcome!
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Friendly note about adding references
[edit]Hi Alexander ISUM, and welcome to Wikipedia! I just wanted to give you a heads-up regarding references in Wikipedia articles. The encyclopedia is unfortunately plagued by search engine marketing types who try to spam the encyclopedia with links to their own websites. Because of that, many editors tak a dim view on people who seem to be here in order to promote their own website; I understand that your aim is to provide useful information, but before you update any more references by changing them into ISUM links, you might want to head over to the talk page for Wikiproject Medicine, mention this to the editors who frequent that noticeboard, and listen to their input on ISUM as a source. Medical references are obviously particularly important, and the guidelines concerning such references would be useful for you to look at, I think.
Finally, you should also read this guide for editors who have a conflict of interest.
Again, welcome, and happy editing! --bonadea contributions talk 16:22, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you Bonadea! I will do so now.
Edit war warning
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Your recent editing history at Eli Lilly and Company shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 23:01, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
Account concern
[edit]I see the following two accounts:
- AlexBayliss (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Alexander ISUM (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
With similar names and identical edit patterns. Are both of these accounts for the same actual person? I don't care who the person is, just how the accounts themselves are related to each other. DMacks (talk) 02:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
@DMacks: I'll take responsibility for that. In reality, the account was made by another team member (Alexander Deck, nickname "Bliss" --> Bayliss) and I aided in the trigger-happy edits you see there by providing links to URLs where ISUM-hosted files could be added. Looking back, as I've stated many times before, the rules weren't read and followed because we were trigger happy and excited to get onto editing Wikipedia and spreading our efforts to a wider audience. From the talk page topic, though, I am sure you'll see that we've learned a lot, and in the future, if allowed to edit on Wikipedia, we'll be following procedure set by the members manning the medicine space.
I'll add that the account was made as a personal account for the team member who created it, who proposed the idea of editing Wikipedia as part of ISUM and made edits for it that have since been reverted. Alexander ISUM (talk) 02:40, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
- So "two separate people each with their own account that are affiliated with the same organization"? Sounds fine to me now that both (and by extension other affiliated individuals) are all on-board with standard editorial guidelines and policies. From the "Alex" name, I was concerned about WP:SOCK, and now you have assuaged by WP:MEAT behavioral concern as well. DMacks (talk) 03:14, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
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I see you have having some discussions at WikiProject Medicine. I think you will find more helpful discussions there than anywhere else on Wikipedia for finding support to integrate the parts of ISUM which are aligned with Wikipedia.
I see that you are getting a lot of questions. Many projects on Wikipedia make a "project page" to describe what they are doing and to create a channel to provide answers to the most common questions. If ISUM had a project page, then it would probably be at Wikipedia:International Search to Understand Medicine. Normally I would not suggest making a project page because normally newcomers to Wikipedia and organizations are not so willing to navigate Wikipedia's bureaucracy as you seem to be. Since you are here and seem along for the ride, I thought that I would suggest this as a starting approach to ease your communication. If you made a project page, I could recommend that you seek to save everyone time, including yourself, by being short. 5 sentences and a few points are sufficient. Say what you do, disclose financial affiliations, give an example of the sort of activity on Wikipedia which you seek to do, then keep conversation on your talk page. I am posting here because you have a provocative and useful sounding idea and I appreciate your interest. There is no authority on Wikipedia but if it helps, I could meet you by video chat or phone to orient you to Wikipedia as a newcomer. Thanks for your attention. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:14, 15 May 2017 (UTC) |
@Bluerasberry: Thank you, it's appreciated. The project page and phone call both seem like a great idea, both things that I will embark on once the talks on WikiProject Medicine come to a close and a consensus is reached. I appreciate your comment and advice! Alexander ISUM (talk) 03:49, 17 May 2017 (UTC)