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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Buckeyesurgery. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Timothy M. Pawlik, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 19:11, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

I am confused as to why my edits were rejected. All content added has attached citations. Can you provide more guidance? Buckeyesurgery (talk) 19:59, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

If there are links I need to remove, that is fine; but to delete all accurate content does not seem right at all. I spent significant time comparing information and sources to collect the correct content. Buckeyesurgery (talk) 20:13, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your response. It wasn't I who reverted your changes, but I did tag the article with concerns following your edits. Things that I noticed, in no particular order: section heading formats that did not follow the manual of style; text that wasn't sourced - for instance, there are five paragraphs at the start of the Early life and education section, and only two citations; similarly the "Top Doctor" awards are unsourced; a level of detail that is not usually appropriate for Wikipedia, as in the Licensure and Certification section; information referenced to a primary source, the person's CV; and some statements that read promotional, such as "Pawlik has a track record of recognition that captures his commitment to service, academic achievement and clinical excellence".

Some of this, the CV and promotional language in particular, made me wonder whether you are, represent, or know, the subject of the article, which is why I posted the conflict of interest guidance above. If you do have a conflict of interest, please do not edit the article directly, but post requests for changes on the article's Talk page. If you do not have a conflict of interest and want to continue working on the article, please read the guidance linked from the Welcome posted above. I hope this is useful. Tacyarg (talk) 20:58, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I am researching surgeons in Ohio and was immediately impressed by Dr. Pawlik. I appreciate your quick response and will try working through the edits using the Talk page. Buckeyesurgery (talk) 08:13, 21 September 2022 (UTC)