User talk:SharpsilveResearch

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I notice that one of the first articles you edited was David Lazer, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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No conflict of interest here. I worked in his lab back in 2013 when I created the page. Every so often I unlink it from people who link it to The Muppets. Now I just add information to it periodically when I'm bored. All the information I add is publicly available and can easily be found using Google. SharpsilveResearch (talk) 23:33, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem on David Lazer

Material you included in the above article appears to have been copied from the copyright web page http://barabasilab.com/success/2013/about.html or elsewhere online. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions or if you think I made a mistake. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:59, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

That "copyright description" is his academic bio that shows up on every page that has to do with him (personal website, university faculty page, publications, etc.). Descriptions like this are not copyrighted as EVERY academic writes one for themselves. SharpsilveResearch (talk) 23:31, 7 March 2017 (UTC)