User talk:Spectra239

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Molecular nanotechnology navbox

I noticed that you replaced the side navbox at Template:Molecular nanotechnology with a footer navbox. Generally, such large changes should be suggested on the talk page. In this case, the side navbox is needed for consistency with the other four nanotechnology navboxes. I have no problem with also having a footer navbox, and this is already the case with Template:Nanotechnology and the equivalent Template:Nanotech footer. But the footer should be created in a new location (such as Template:Molecular nanotechnology footer) and the sidebox should be retained in at least some of the articles where it was before. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 01:14, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Having both a navbox and a sidebox seems a little redundant, but I have no objection if you'd like to re-add the sidebox to the relevant pages. Spectra239 (talk) 01:18, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to The Syndicate (group). While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 03:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The book in question is not from a vanity press, as you claimed. That is factually inaccurate. It is from John Wiley & Sons. See discussion at the article talk page. Spectra239 (talk) 03:17, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia

Hi Spectra

I am sorry to do this (and I usually don't if I am working on content with someone, as it is too confusing, generally) but...

I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. Your edits to date are mostly focused on "the Syndicate" and its members, and are somewhat promotional. 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, Spectra239. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

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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 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 members of the Syndicate, their publishers, etc? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, with please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. You can reply here - I am watching this page.

Also if this is too upsetting to discuss with me, since we have been having a bit of a content dispute, we can bring this to the community right away and I can step out of this aspect of the discussion. Please let me know. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 04:04, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This claim is, quite frankly, absurd. I have zero COI with any of the Syndicate members. I have literally never met any of them, either in real life or over the Internet, except for being involuntarily spammed by their marketing materials (which I have never purchased). I certainly have no family, business, or financial relationship with any of them. I created an article which, in the lede, describes them as a "pyramid scheme" (honestly, I was slightly worried about that being POV, in the opposite direction). I am a member of Wikipedia: WikiProject Transhumanism and, if you look more closely at my edit history, you'll see that the majority of my edits have been focused there. My job has absolutely nothing to do with any of the Syndicate's activities (I work in artificial intelligence). I've been editing Wikipedia as a hobby since I was in high school in 2006 (under a different account, though I'm pretty sure I've never used two accounts simultaneously). I have never been paid by anyone to edit Wikipedia.

Please do bring this to the community, as soon as you can. I stand by everything I have said, and I deny in the strongest possible terms having any kind of COI here. I suggest getting an uninvolved editor's third opinion to resolve the dispute about the article's content. Spectra239 (talk) 04:27, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I was going to copy your comment on my Talk page to here, but I see you replied above. Thanks for replying. Your answer makes sense and I very much noticed that you included the negative stuff in the lead. I am sorry to offend you but I wanted to check. So, so often I come across editors who are editing under a COI (on pages where I am not actually editing!) and clarifying that tends to make things simpler for everyone down the road. Thanks for entertaining the discussion here, briefly. Sorry again. Jytdog (talk) 04:46, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

H+Pedia

Hi there, as a member of Wikiproject transhumanism, I thought you might want to check out the latest on H+Pedia which now has a revamped home page as an introduction point. :) https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Deku-shrub (talk) 21:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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