User talk:Philip SCJ

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia

Hi Philip SCJ – I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, along with my regular editing, which is mostly about Cascadia. Your edits to date and your username indicate a potential issue so I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, Philip SCJ. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. 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;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution 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.

Comments and requests

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (SCJ), directly or through a third party (e.g. a PR agency or the like)? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), I can walk you through how the "peer review" part happens and then, if you like, I can provide you with some more general orientation as to how this place works. Please reply here, just below, to keep the discussion in one place. Thanks! ☆ Bri (talk) 19:19, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

November 2024

Please stop. Wikipedia is not censored. Any further changes which have the effect of censoring an article, such as you did to Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, will be regarded as vandalism. If you continue in this manner, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Sam Sailor 08:25, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]