User talk:Dgnhntr

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Hello, Dgnhntr, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, visit the Teahouse, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! AntiDionysius (talk) 20:44, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

{{Help me}} Hello AntiDionysius, can you be more specific of which edit I have a conflict of interest? I had just published something I was working on for a co-worker when you sent the message. This was in my sandbox and I was under the assumption this was not actually published in the mainspace. If there is somewhere else this needs to be let me know and I can move it. I am new to this, and it is an article that we would like to get approval to publish in the main space in the future. There are other colleagues that have similar pages, so I do not see how it is a conflict of interest. Is this to what you were referring? Best Dgnhntr (talk) 21:04, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is in your sandbox, don't worry. I just happened to see it, and wanted to flag it with you as early as possible in the drafting process.

If you're writing about a co-worker, you do indeed have a conflict of interest. You should read the CoI guideline. The cliff notes version is that you're discouraged from writing about things about which you have such a conflict, but if you want to do so anyway you're asked to make certain declarations (for the sake of transparency).

The reason I was able to tell by reading your draft is that in places it doesn't meet the standards of neutrality and objective language that Wikipedia aims for, which is a common issue with CoI editing. If after reading the guideline you'd still like to go ahead with it, I'd recommend having a look at the policies in those areas for help. AntiDionysius (talk) 21:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the clarification. It is certainly in a state I am not happy with and was playing with formatting mainly. The intent is to be neutral and objective. I am looking into if there is someone else at our institute (Scripps Research) that would be able to do it, though they would also have a COI working here as well. Is putting COI being employes at the same institution adequate? Dgnhntr (talk) 21:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]