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Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Telloemma4. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Kennedy College of Sciences, 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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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. Cabayi (talk) 17:17, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Kennedy College of Sciences

I've fixed a couple of problems with your edits and would like to offer you some guidance on what's needed. Firstly, read the guidance that's linked in the welcome message, it'll save you a lot of grief later on. Specifically to the article...

• It relies entirely on source material that's published on the college's website. It's pretty obvious that the college feels it's notable but has anybody else noticed it? Wikipedia needs reliable sources from independent, verifiable publications or websites.
• Reference citations go after the facts they support, not in the section headers.
• Don't add puff. I'm sure "The students and faculty of this small department work closely together on research projects and educational trips." Don't they at every college? This sentence is purely promotional and an example of what the rules on conflict of interest are intended to prevent. We're trying to show why the college is notable to the disinterested reader, not to attract new students or make the alumni feel good.

Your user page (created while I've been writing this) shows you're employed by the college. Please pay very close attention to the rules in WP:PAID.

Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 17:35, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Dodgy fact...

"William J. and John F. Kennedy attended the school in 1970 and 1954, respectively." WJK's article states he went to Albany and would have been 42 in 1970. JFK was a Harvard alumni and was in the US Senate in 1954, aged 34. Please check your facts, cite your sources, and link to the relevant articles so everybody else can verify. Cabayi (talk) 17:53, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't acceptable as a source...

- because anyone can edit it. WP:UGC Cabayi (talk) 17:57, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

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