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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Malwriter. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Woo Wing Thye, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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I have spent 20 years as a journalist and editor for international news organisations so I am well aware of what is a reliable and credible source. The sources for Professor Woo are reliable and include the universities/organisations that made the appointments, the actual papers as well as respected think-tanks such as The Lowy Institute. The article is also neutral in tone, but if it's too long can easily be subbed down. Specific examples from User: Stuartyeates would be more useful than the wholesale deletion of copy, which now appears to be going on. In terms of COI, I recently did some research work with JCI on a consultancy basis. I wonder what is User: Stuartyeates interest in Professor Woo's page.Malwriter (talk) 10:14, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is not what is a 'reliable and credible source' but what is 'independent'; and the fact that biographical details must be directly supported by references. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:17, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User: Stuartyeates The links that have been used are not in any way affiliated with Professor Woo or JCI, unless they're the ones supporting the biographical details, in which case they need to be, surely? In the course of my career as a journalist, I have never seen a Wikipedia bio with quite so many references supporting the biography. Please explain in what way you think the references in the bio and research sections were not 'independent.' The links were to academic journals, think tanks and other media.Malwriter (talk) 14:09, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Professor Woo Wing Thye.jpg

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File permission problem with File:Jeffrey Cheah Institute logo.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Jeffrey Cheah Institute logo.jpg, which you've attributed to A VRT notice was applied over 30 day(s) ago, but no message at VRTS has been found since this tag was applied.. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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