User talk:Miguel.Vences

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Miguel.Vences. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Frank Glaw, 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:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 19:45, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Jake Brockman, thank you for your comments. There are a few points however that I would like to clarify. First of all, note that it was not my intention to create or edit any articles where I hold true conflicts of interest. In fact, all I tried to do was to translate an article on a renowned colleague (who happens to work at the same university as I do) from the German version of Wikipedia to the English version, given that he had no English account yet. I have not been paid or asked by anyone to do this. Secondly, I don't think this super strict application of Wikipedia's policy makes sense here: In fact, I have made every effort to avoid hiding my identity, and my Wikipedia username is therefore my own name. Should I choose a pseudonym, so no one can notice if indeed I have a conflict of interest? Thirdly, I think that it is obvious that as a Wikipedia "rookie" I will start editing accounts of subjects and people I am familiar with, to avoid making unnecessary mistakes. So, in the case of this article, I will disclose a "possible conflict of interest" and will try to add as many additional references as possible, and I hope that the respective edits will then be accepted.Miguel.Vences (talk) 16:53, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]