User talk:PolivaOren

November 2015

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Conflict of interest?

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LjL (talk) 22:29, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To be quite clear: I'm going to report you for edit warring and obvious conflict of interest unless you remove the contentious, completely unsourced content (describing an obscure research paper that "Oren Poliva", someone who happens to have the same name as your user name here) from Origin of language immediately. LjL (talk) 22:40, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

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Help me!

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I recently edited the page 'origin of language' to include a model i developed in the topic. The model was published in a peer review journal. My section was removed due to conflict of interest. What is the acceptable route to get my model on wikipedia?

Thanks ahead

Oren

PolivaOren (talk) 02:20, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You should post on the article's talk page with the content you want to add (plus any relevant references) and use {{edit request}} to (as the name suggests) request that someone take a look at the situation. Primefac (talk) 05:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of From where to what language evolution theory‎ for deletion

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. LjL (talk) 02:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome...

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry you have run straight into the thick end of a lot of process and procedure; these are designed, of course, to stop a lot of silliness (perpetual motion machines, systems of divination, ...) and vandalism, and are singularly ill-adapted to cope with experts and researchers. In a nutshell, there is an inherent clash of worldviews between expert academic research (you know what you are saying by virtue of years of study, knowledge of experimental findings, qualifications, etc) and the Wikipedian (all editors are theoretically equal, additions are based on cited sources, ...). We know it's a problem, and we are supposed not to "bite the newbies"; we know that's a problem, too.

That said, the additions you made do unfortunately cross the line in the sand here. That does not mean you are not valued, just that you need to become familiar with the ropes first.

You may find the experience of other researchers useful - for example, Good practice on CoI for academics. You are also free to ask other editors, me included, for advice. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this advice. Wikipedia is not the place to promote your own ideas and research (please wait for others to pick up on them), but you can use your knowledge and interest in the origins of language to help improve Wikipedia's articles. You need to rely on multiple published reliable sources rather than a single opinion piece or primary research paper. Fences&Windows 21:03, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Selfstudier (talk) 18:24, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]