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In just what way is a link to a quiz, with no context at all, in keeping with our external links policy? --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 21:58, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

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I also wanted to mention that while she is obviously notable per WP criteria and her research record and honorary title of Distinguishe Prof, the article needs more sources that are fully independent of the person....what others have written about her. That will improve the article. Thank you for creating this entry on an interesting Indian woman sociologist! Netherzone (talk) 20:10, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I will look for additional secondary sources. Yyyikes (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

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Ouch, now you are attacking me because of the autofellatio disagreement? That's nasty. I disclosed my conflict of interest more than 10 years ago, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Yyyikes. And no one has ever complained until now. Thank you for the reminder; I do my best to comply with all Wikipedia policies, including those on COI. Please consider your own motives in this situation. Yyyikes (talk) 21:48, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Not an attack, these are policies that you should be made aware of is all. I fairly regularly intervene with COI editing, it just so happens that I was made aware of yours through your reversion of my edit. Note that the page Philip N. Cohen, of which you are a major contributor, reads like a glowing promotional piece. In the future, simply suggest changes that you would like to make on the talk page of pages you have a COI. Currently there is a backlog of zero cases so it will add a small amount of delay on your side for the benefits of following the Wikipedia terms and conditions. I have zero authority over you, I can't block or ban or anything, but I am informing you of the policies because your editing appears to be non-compliant. Now that you are made aware you should abide by the best practises provided in the pages linked above. Pabsoluterince (talk) 22:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

I try to keep the page current. It absolutely is not written like a glowing promotional piece, as I have been careful about that - it has zero complimentary adjectives and doesn't even list public awards and honors, positive reviews, promotions, etc., that other pages list - it is plainly descriptive, written like a bland academic personality page. Yyyikes (talk) 23:44, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Please do not directly edit pages that you have a COI. The policy page Wikipedia:Autobiography provided above says the following "Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy." Pabsoluterince (talk) 00:00, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

My motives are that I think that COI editing is better left undone (apart from some exceptions) for the integrity of the project and I want to begin a process of ensuring that best practises are followed in this case. Rest assured I can't enforce anything, so it will be up to the motive of others if you decide to ignore me. Sorry that I am the one to deliver this message. Pabsoluterince (talk) 23:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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You all have way too much time on your hands (or a bias against me). None of this obsession with conflict of interest has revealed any material that was false or even biased. I have improved the site in the public interest. I have no response to your investigation. Do your worst. Yyyikes (talk) 03:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

With respect to conflict of interest, I agree with you. If nobody has been able to pinpoint any particular problem with your editing other than your identity five years after you disclosed it and with all the proper disclosures in place, I don't see any reason why Pabsoluterince decided to bother you about it. There was an issue with the article, you fixed it, that should have been the end of it. We discourage editors updating information about themselves; we don't forbid it.

But then six months after that incident you started using a second account, and have also used it to write about yourself without properly disclosing your identity. Why? It's very strange for someone who has edited as long as you have pretty much entirely without problems to suddenly start breaking rules for no apparent reason. I was hoping that you would explain what's going on, and we could work from there so you can go back to editing and I can go back to wasting time on real vandals. But if you really have no response or just refuse to work with me, then my options for resolving this are really quite limited.

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Ah, ok. I didn't know about a "sock puppet" rule but I guess it's reasonable (and all enforced by people whose identities are secret, because of course that's how Wikipedia rolls). I couldn't figure out how to make a COI request for someone else to update the photo on the page about me so I just made a new account to do it. Took 5 minutes. Then I guess I stayed in that account and edited other pages about sociologists, for no reason. Not sure that chronology is exactly right but that's the gist.

I don't care which account I use, it just bugs me to see sociology pages out of date so if I'm allowed to tinker with them that would be nice. Feel free to delete either account or whatever you do. Tx. Yyyikes (talk) 01:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, sorry I didn't get back to you on this. As long as you're familiar with the policy and aren't going to use the other account then I think we're fine here. If you do want to use the other account, have a look at WP:ALTACCN for advice on linking the two accounts. If you want to use a separate private account to avoid connections to your public persona, we have some advice on that under WP:PUBSOCK, but then you need to be careful to manage your private account's privacy, there's not a lot administrators can do to prevent other editors discovering the connection if you're not careful about it. And if you want to change your username, you can request a new one at Wikipedia:Changing username, but we also advise against editing under your real name (WP:REALNAME) because of the potential for harassment.

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Ok got it, will read. Thanks! Yyyikes (talk) 05:05, 13 April 2024 (UTC)