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Again, welcome aboard! Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 06:54, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hello Kannukutty1989, happy new year! I noticed that you recently edited Bhargav Sri Prakash. Wondering if you would be interested and able to help edit the article I am trying to work on about the product that is being developed by Bhargav Sri Prakash. The article is in my sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chippadum/sandbox i would greatly appreciate your comments/feedback/edits. Thanks! Chippadum (talk) 06:53, 7 January 2016 (UTC)Reply


Hello chippadum, Sorry for delayed response. I just noticed your message and am making some edits to the article in your sandbox. it looks great! congrats on the article and keep up the good work for wikipedia! :) Kannukutty1989 (talk) 10:10, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

A bowl of strawberries for you! edit

  thanks! Chippadum (talk) 10:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Dear kannukutty1989, thank you for moving my draft to the main space!! I was merely asking for feedback but greatly appreciate your kind and thoughtful gesture. I will continue to make refinements on fooya Best wishes and regards.. Chippadum (talk) 05:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you! edit

  The Teamwork Barnstar
Sincere thanks...as a new mom, this topic of nutrition education means a lot to me! Chippadum (talk) 05:02, 14 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

glad to help chippadum! The article was very well researched and referenced and according to me, deserved to be live for the benefit all those who may find this topic interesting. Sorry if I jumped the gun and moved it without informing you. My only intent was to recognize the quality of the work that has gone in to this and I just wanted to help! :) Kannukutty1989 (talk) 05:09, 14 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

ourchennai360 edit

Please don't add this blog as a citation. Such blogs are not considered reliable source by Wikipedia standards, since anyone can create a blog and write anything there. utcursch | talk 19:56, 27 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Got it utcursch. Thanks for pointing it out and for reversing my edits. Kannukutty1989 (talk) 20:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

I'm going to ask you once again to stop adding all these spam blogs as sources in multiple articles. —SpacemanSpiff 12:09, 5 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Managing a conflict of interest edit

  Hello, Kannukutty1989. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Bhargav Sri Prakash, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 06:12, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

talk I have no conflict of interest or external relationship with Bhargav Sri Prakash. I am a K-5 school science and math teacher in Houston and have administered the fooya app to children in my school, which is how I learned about their work in education. I only rarely do stuff on here but I wish I was getting paid to edit Wikipedia!! That sounds fantastic! How does one do that? Are you getting paid to do this? Kannukutty1989 (talk) 07:16, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hello. I'm glad to hear you do not have a conflict of interest. No, I am not paid. Getting paid for editing Wikipedia is almost always a bad idea, especially for Wikipedia. Take a look at Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia if you want some examples. A Wikipedian in residence program might be an exception, but those follow strict ethical rules (overseen by an ombudsman or similar) and even then they sometimes get into trouble. I wanted to make sure that you understand the problems with COI editing because you removed the template:advert from the article without addressing the problem or explaining why in the edit summary, which is the second time that's happened. Words like "Pioneer" and "innovations" are red flags that an article has become too promotional, even if they might be occasionally used by other sources. Fooya is also very heavy on WP:PEACOCK words like that. Because Wikipedia is fundamentally not a platform for advertising, this is a problem. Does that explain my concerns?
Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 07:43, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks talk. I am inspired by your patient and eloquent clarification. You are truly a tremendous asset for Wikipedia! When I looked at the said article and edited it last time, I did not see anything overtly promotional. To your point, I did not find the words "pioneer" or "innovation". I thought that perhaps the advert tag was there by mistake or that the issues had been addressed. My apologies. While I am a supporter of his mission and work to help improve kids' health, I will leave that article alone for some one else to clean up. However, is there a list of other unrelated articles that need clean up or have advert tags? You have inspired me to contribute more to Wikipedia. Best wishes Kannukutty1989 (talk) 20:26, 12 November 2016 (UTC)Reply