User talk:Roasted brussel sprouts
Sockpuppet investigation
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An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sungchul.ham, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.
Equine-man (talk) 21:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
Hello Roasted brussel sprouts, welcome to Wikipedia. I can see you and Sungchul.ham have both been editing Stanton University. I have some questions for you if you don't mind:
Firstly, do you or Sungchul.ham have any connection to Stanton University? Secondly, why are you editing this article with your friend? [1] Thirdly, how do you know that Sungchul.ham will no longer edit this article? Thankyou, --Jack Frost (talk) 23:12, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello,
We are both associated at Stanton University. And I see the article "FAQ/Organizations" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations#Do_I_have_to_disclose_my_relationship_with_my_organization?) that discourages this action due to conflict of interest even though we had strived to create a fact-based neutral article.
Then may I ask how wikipedia articles are generated for small universities? Is there a legitimate resource to provide a neutral article? Would a student be able to edit an article?
At the very least, may we request for the Stanton University page not to feature the "#Redirect to Ellington University" as that is incorrect?
Sincerely, Roasted Brussel Sprouts
- Hello Roasted brussel sprouts, thanks for your reply. There's a few things which you should know before editing further.
Firstly, Wikipedia would consider that both yourself and Sungchul.ham have a conflict of interest with Stanton University. You can read more about what that means and what you need to do here, as understanding this will prevent misunderstandings with Wikipedia's administrators: WP:PSCOI. You should also disclose this connection on your userpage, and you can do so by going here and writing what your connection is with the university. Sungchul.ham should do the same thing here. If you and Sungchul.ham both plan to continue to edit about the university or any other topic, then you should both also mention on your userpages that you are friends who are editing together.
Secondly, I want to remind both you and Sungchul.ham that for legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information.
Lastly, Wikipedia articles should summarize what independent, published, reliable sources have said about subjects in a neutral way, and this coverage for organisations (including universities) needs to talk about them in-depth; the article will need better sources or it might be deleted. If you have any questions when you are editing you can go to the Teahouse, the Helpdesk, or see WP:HELP for further assistance. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 00:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
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[edit]Thank you Jack Frost for your thoughtful reply that clarified wikipedia's guidelines.
We will review the information and ask for assistance at the help desk you mentioned.
Sincerely, Roasted brussel sprouts