Wistrich

Conflict of interest

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1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

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"Never edit anything else"

Sara, I see that you wrote "Thank you so much I will never ever edit anything else under any circumstances" on Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests. I do hope you change your mind on this. The job you did on Robert Wistrich was actually very good; it was only the unfortunate choice of username that gave the (apparently wrong) impression of a conflict of interest, and it would be a pity if you let that misunderstanding put you off. Do reconsider your decision, if you ever read this. JamesBWatson (talk) 16:30, 17 October 2009 (UTC)