Talk:International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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Single source / Press release /copypaste
This article, as well as the 16 articles on CGIAR and its sub entities in the article's infobox, appear to have been copied directly from their websites, and are written like adverts. I've totally rewritten one, but most need to be removed and rewritten for copyvio alone, not to mention the fact that they are all incredibly POV.

If you're looking for a research project, here's a good one. I'm also removing the "start" tag from these articles, as an unreferenced copyvio doesn't meet "start" criteria. T L Miles (talk) 17:17, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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/* Conflict of interest */ YES
Yes, I work here in the communications department. The information I have provided is not opinionated, but based on fact from the citations. Obviously, the presence of "fake facts" can be assumed. To me, it makes more sense for Wikipedia editors to productively rebut than to randomly delete and accuse.

The page has been left woefully outdated, so I decided to update it. Since I started the process, I have been beset upon by editors critiquing my work and deleting it.

I'm more than happy for others to contribute and edit what I have done, but the tone has been extremely negative and I feel like I am under attack. I am not a bot. I am a human being. If this is really an open forum, then it behooves us all to look at the positives rather than turning everything into a negative.

I realize that there is a very narrow window for copyright infringement in this forum, but threatening to remove editor privileges is not helpful. It seems much more productive to simply explain the error so that I can revise the text. Otherwise, a simple next interpretation of a copyright infringement on the part of your editors means I'll have to stop editing the page. If that is really what you want, then I would prefer that you just say so directly.

Your copy and paste software detected that I had copied and pasted some material from the website, which I had written and which is standard boilerplate intended for such purposes. However, editors also made some ludicrous deletions, including regarding funders and other items which could never come under any kind of copyright infringement whatsoever. I think that such editors should actually read what they are deleting and understand whether they are actually copyright infringements before making accusations and randomly deleting information.

Additionally, I was charged with using only one source for the citations, but this is and was not true, except in cases where it had to come from the primary source because obviously only the primary source is an authority on certain topics -- such as funders, for example. In some cases, however, it is possible to find some funders admitting they fund, so these links can be added as well.

Obviously, there is lots to be said on these topics to do with wheat and maize, and many people find agriculture, particularly wheat, controversial, but let's not lose sight of the fact that the page should be updated regardless of personal opinion and views. There are all kinds of interesting aspects to the topics, but I see none of them presented here.

Furthermore, I notice that other Wikipedia pages are updated by only one main source and often cite only one source so I wonder why there is a double standard.

Anyway, let me know if I should stop updating this page, because it is an incredible waste of my time to do it and then have it all deleted.

Perhaps you should consider having a pre-approval process rather than a post-disapproval process. tellingtales 18:38, 4 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tellingtales (talk • contribs)

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Remove "close connection" tag
Hello, I've been waiting for almost four years for someone to respond to my query about how to remove this message and any requirements that need to be met, but no one responds. Does anyone object if I remove this? --tellingtales 18:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

"A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (March 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)"

I've removed the COI flag -- tellingtales 21:12, 22 April 2021 (UTC)