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Not at all -- go right ahead.
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LoudLizard (📞 | contribs | ✉) 17:28, 23 June 2016 (UTC)Your submission at Articles for creation: Andrew Lack (executive) has been accepted
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[edit]Thank you both for being clear about a possible conflict of interest, and for raising your concern about WP:BLP over on the article about Sheryl Sandberg. I was very happy to see how you approached the issue. --Yamla (talk) 16:02, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
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Your edit request: Letgo
[edit]Hi BC1278. I have partially completed your edit request on Talk:Letgo. Please take a look at your request for suggestions to improve the lead section. Once the lead of the article has been rewritten, ping me and I would be happy to merge the content into the main article. Thank you! Daylen (talk) 18:04, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
My etiquette error
[edit]Apologies for making abrupt edits in your sandbox for the Laura J. Alber bio. I forgot that I was looking at a sandbox and not a live article. But they were valid edits I think for NPOV, should you decide to publish it. As for further review, I will decline as a personal policy I steer clear of paid work on WP. - Bri (talk) 16:14, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Bri:They're appreciated. I just left you a message asking if you'd like to do the review on the Talk section of the live stub article. Talk:Laura_J._Alber It requires independent review as I have a conflict of interest. Thanks. BC1278 (talk) 16:15, 26 May 2017 (UTC)BC1278
@Bri: I understand -- and as a volunteer, however you choose to spend your time is up to you. But, please understand that because of the difficulty in getting independent reviewers, in the case of some subjects, it is difficult or even impossible to get a review, no matter the merits of the article So I turn away many people who ask for my help - and they just go ahead and edit without any disclosure of their conflict of interest. They also don't get the benefit of having someone like me help them who knows and follows Wikipedia policies. I see it constantly. The result is many lower quality article for Wikipedia, with abundant undisclosed COI. This is the exact opposite of the intended effect of the COI policy. BC1278 (talk) 19:42, 26 May 2017 (UTC)BC1278
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ProgrammingGeek talktome 13:57, 20 December 2017 (UTC)Draft:Caryn Marooney
[edit]Hi there, Ed! I saw your request on Rosiestep's page for a review of this article. Maybe I can first make some informal comments here. Without going into too much detail, the following might help you along.
At the moment, the article deals above all with Marooney's career developments since 2005 and especially since 2011. There is very little on her early life. It would help to have more information about her birth, parents, childhood, education and marriage, if possible with dates. I see from here that she was 32 in 2010 so she must have been born around 1967/68. You'll find a snippet from the Brearley Bulletin here. You can probably also find out what she studied at Cornell and when she was there.
The account of her career is rather stereotyped: basically a set of dates and assignments. Try to fill it out with comment from others. I see, for example, there are a number of interviews, etc., where Maronney expands on her views. You could look through these for a more personalized account of her career.[1], [2], [3], etc. There's also more herel.
Finally, the article reads a bit like a cv and is over-promotional. Try to present it in a more neutral, biograpical style. But it's coming on quite well so keep at it. She deserves an article.--Ipigott (talk) 15:40, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
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Alivecor
[edit]Hi BC1278,
I wonder if a better way to write about the topic would be instead to write about the Kardiaband, rather than writing about Alivecor. Some of the references seem to take that approach.
Would you be amenable to that approach?
BakerStMD 17:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi user: Bakerstmd. Thanks for writing with your idea. I did think about a separate story for Kardiaband as a possibility at some point. Aside from the research to date, there is significant ongoing clinical research with Mayo, Cleveland Clinic and Columbia that will likely result in more peer reviewed academic articles and additional FDA and EU approvals for the device.
But in this case, Alivecor is not a single product company. Kardia Mobile is still an important product and widely used because it does not require an Apple Watch, just a smart phone. This has been the main product of the company for many years and also has a bunch of clinical research. Kardia Pro, for physicians to monitor multiple patients with devices, works with both Kardia Mobile and KardiaBand.
And while I don't mention this in the article, publications have mentioned that the company may negotiate to license its FDA approved diagnostic AI software to other device makers. I didn't include it yet because of WP:CRYSTAL This is separate from the ECG medical device.
So, this is a multiproduct company and we'd lose too much current and future information if we only wrote about KardiaBand.
There's also the business angle. They hired a well known CEO from Google and a prominent engineering team. And they have financing from well known companies and the Mayo Clinic. All this would be lost without an Alivecor article. The company qualifies as notable separate from KardiaBand press. It had many years of press and peer reviewed academic articles before KardiaBand.
I think that the best short term solution is to place a forward to Alivecor in case anyone searches KardiaBand. And if the research findings on KardiaBand become too involved for the Alivecor article, then someone can consider a separate article.
We might also put the Products section above the History if there is a concern that a patient doing research might not get to the most relevant information quickly enough.
There is already a review going on with another editor, on the Talk page, so I'd suggest consolidating this discussion there. I will copy and paste it. ----BC1278
Hi BC1278, I've reviewed the page, thanks for making the changes - it is now live at Alivecor Adh (talk) 09:00, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi BC1278, sorry about oops. Moved now Adh (talk) 21:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi there!
Seems fine to me. But you have to be very careful with details since your article is about a living person.
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[edit]Hello BC1278. I noticed your attempt to fix your ping in this edit. That method does not work. The notifications system only informs a user when you link their username in the same saved edit as you successfully sign your post. A ping cannot be fixed in a later edit by adding a signature you forgot, by fixing your botched signature, or by fixing the user name link. Instead, you have to link the user name and successfully sign in a manner that the software parses as a new line of text. Help:Fixing failed pings has more information about the issues involved and provides suggested methods to successfully perform the fix. Regards, Spintendo 08:30, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
- User:Spintendo Thanks for the catch. Am I correct to assume you are waiting to give this other editor a chance to respond before addressing the request edit, as they previously made a request for additional information? I was wondering about the delay. Best, BC1278 (talk) 17:46, 25 October 2018 (UTC)BC1278
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Thanks for your good work and honesty! I agree with your comments on the Andy Lack page. Some of that content doesn't belong on that page IMHO. :)
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Please see BLP edit request regarding contentious material (about me and the subject of the article) at Talk:Jonathan_Swan#Request_Edit_--_Remove_Contentious_Material_re:_BLP I should note that this same issue has just been added to Axios (website): Talk:Axios_(website)#Request_Edit_--_Remove_Contentious_Material BC1278 (talk) 03:46, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- An editor has reversed Swan but not addressed Talk:Axios_(website)#Request_Edit_--_Remove_Contentious_Material. Although this edit does not refer to me by name, it calls me a public relations firm", when the source HuffPo refers to me by my name. So I still think this is a BLP issue. BC1278 (talk) 04:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
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[edit]Hello - It seems you have the rollback user right icon on your user page, but you currently do not and have never had the rollback user right. Is there any reason for this? Thanks! Eteethan (talk) 08:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Eteethan: No idea. I didn’t place it there. You could go through the page history to see who did. Feel free to remove it, Cheers. BC1278 (talk) 08:49, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
- @BC1278: So weird. Honestly not gonna go down that rabbit hole haha - so I've just removed it. Thanks :) Eteethan (talk) 08:53, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
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For publication, could you address the kerfuffle caused by [4] (also redone at Fox at Talk:Rene Gonzalez (politician). You seem to have ignored WP:PAID and all your claims of transparency seem to have gone out the window. Was it your WhiteHatWiki company that they were referring to?
Smallbones(smalltalk) Smallbones(smalltalk) 03:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Smallbones: We only served as a consultant in this case. We advised the user how to follow Wikipedia conflict of interest disclosure policy and how to submit a Request Edit proposal for review by independent editors. They followed this advice correctly. We also advised them on Wikipedia policies, such as using reliable sources and adopting a neutral point of view, and on technical matters, such as the proper code to add a proposal to the Request Edit queue. But neither I nor anyone working for WhiteHatWiki posted the Request Edits. This is a user account of an employee of the commissioner, as they disclosed on their proposal. That employee had a target list of edits they wished to make and they solely made the final decision as to what edits and language to request following a review by our agency. The employee, in fact, disagreed with some of our substantive advice, and in other cases, we strongly advised them that their ideas for proposed edits were not consistent with Wikipedia policy, and their employee decided to follow our advice to alter or omit the request. The user not only directed what edits they’d like to propose, they had full and final control over the Request Edit proposal. Their proposal was reviewed on the request edit queue by an independent editor, with some items accepted and some declined. It is admirable that this person sought out advice as to how to follow Wikipedia policies, which are tremendously complex for someone without any Wikipedia experience.
- Reporters consistently do not recognize the difference between disclosed COI proposals, made in full compliance with Wikipedia policy, and undeclared COI direct editing of the page in violation of Wikipedia policy. The press stories you referred to made no effort to make this distinction, and didn’t seek my comment so I could explain it to them. It would be great if Signpost and the foundation would publicly speak out in favor of users who go to lengths to follow COI disclosure policy, and to seek expert advice when they are not familiar with Wikipedia policy.
- WhiteHatWiki will only consult for clients who contractually agree that they will strictly follow COI disclosure policies and make their best efforts to follow all other Wikipedia policies. . BC1278 (talk) 10:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- So you are suggesting that The Signpost congratulate the paid editors for following our rules, when they didn't even declare that they were paid editors? And you were paid also. You didn't declare or apparently didn't advise them that they needed to declare that you were an affiliate. The relevant text at WP:PAID is:
- "* Affiliation: other connections {other than client or employer - sb} that might be relevant, including, but not limited to, people or businesses who provide text, images, or other media for the paid edit. If a paid editor is working as a contractor, "affiliation" would include any broker involved in the transaction (e.g. Fiverr, Upwork, etc.).
- Contribution: any text or file added to, or deleted from, Wikipedia, including talk-page and sandbox contributions, and material added to or deleted from articles by others at the behest of paid editors."
- "* Affiliation: other connections {other than client or employer - sb} that might be relevant, including, but not limited to, people or businesses who provide text, images, or other media for the paid edit. If a paid editor is working as a contractor, "affiliation" would include any broker involved in the transaction (e.g. Fiverr, Upwork, etc.).
- Did you advise them that they needed to declare that they were paid editors? or that you were their affiliate?
- Would you agree that the tax payers of Portland - who paid you - have a right to a full accounting of what you did for the money?
- @Smallbones: This user did not fall under PAID, so provisions of PAID did not apply to the user. They were not paid for their work on Wikipedia and they did not fall under the broader part of the WP: PAID policy regarding users compensated for publicity efforts related to the subject of the article, regardless of specific Wikipedia compensation. Nor were they an intern.
- That is as much as I can say without providing identifying details which would violate WP:PRIVACY. As you know, outing a user constitutes WP: Harassment. This is not a hypothetical. The subject of this article and their staff have been subject to repeated, serious acts of politically-motivated violence, with explicit threats to escalate. Details are in this story: [5]. Wikipedia needs to be very careful not contribute to this atmosphere of violence by outing. Your call for a "full accounting" to the "tax payers of Portland" is very close to trying to out an editor by using means outside of Wikipedia.
- Since this editor does not fall under the Paid policy, the “Affiliation” provisions of PAID does not apply to them. Trying to correct the record on Wikipedia through a COI proposal does not automatically make a user PAID - that's why these are different categories with different requirements. And certainly “Contribution” does not apply in any circumstance here. No one at our agency contributed anything on Wikipedia related to the subject of the article.
- As for Portland, in calling for a real-world investigation that involves a mayoral candidate. you have crossed far over into agenda-driven actions unrelated to Wikipedia policy. You are trying to stir up a controversy outside of Wikipedia, expose a user's real-life identity as a consequence, and trying to influence people's ideological or emotional feelings by making arguments about the use of taxpayer dollars, which is entirely outside the scope of Wikipedia policy. Your advocacy here for actions outside of Wikipedia is completely inappropriate for an editor given a position of responsibility on Wikipedia.
- And again, yes, I think it's very commendable that this user used the COI process, sought advice since they were unfamiliar with Wikipedia policy, and were willing to do a public disclosure, rather than sneak in edits, exposing themselves to public attacks for actually following Wikipedia policy. BC1278 (talk) 16:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
BOGUS! Are you really accusing me of trying to out or otherwise harass the editor who wrote on their Userpage "I work with Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, and will follow the Wikipedia conflict of interest policy. I will not directly edit his biography page or any other page connected to him."? Do you have any evidence to support this accusation? If so, you know where to send it. I have no idea who that person is.
Now, on second reading the third word in that statement "with" is a bit unusual, perhaps finessed. I might have read it as "for" if you hadn't reminded me to check it. How does "with" differ in meaning from "for"? I suspect that you can imagine some situation where "with" wouldn't mean that they are a paid editor, but let me ask you, are you talking about one of the following situations:
- They work for Gonzalez directly, but they are paid by the city of Portland.
- They work in Gonzalez's office, but might be paid by somebody else (e.g. a campaign fund, a business owned by Gonzalez, or a supporter pays them.)
- They don't work in an office (well, maybe in a home office), but Gonzalez, his campaign fund, a business owned by Gonzalez, or a supporter pays them.
- They work "with" Gonzalez (in his office or elsewhere) but are not paid for the work they do with him and are not an intern.
That seems to cover all the relevant situations. Do you agree? Number 4 is the only case that would not make them a paid editor. Do you agree? So, can you honestly say that they are not a paid editor? Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
Actually, it's not so much that person that I think that WP:PAID covers. It's you.
- You are an editor, correct? I mean I'm here on your user talk page. So are you a Wikipedia editor?
- You were paid $6,400 by the city of Portland, Oregon, for helping Gonzalez get a Wikipedia page more to his liking. Is that correct?
- You advised a person who "works with" Gonzalez on how to write a request for the Gonzales talk page, how to format the request, what not to say, some suggested wording on what to say, etc. Is that correct?
- Why do you think you are not a paid editor within the meaning of WP:PAID?
@Smallbones: Because I did not edit Wikipedia for this page. Nor did anyone who works for WhiteHatWiki. This user was not WP:PAID so Affiliate does not apply. The employee of Gonzalez who submitted the proposal has clarified their position and involvement at Talk:Rene Gonzalez (politician)#paid editing. BC1278 (talk) 21:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)