Talk:Solutions Journalism Network

Conflict of Interest
Hello. My name is Allen, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I work at Solutions Journalism Network. I'm writing because other journalists have gotten in touch with us pointing out an issue on our page. The information in the "Conflict of Interest" section is inaccurate. Not only is the financial claim untrue (or at least misleading), but it is provided by the organization that made the claim with no further evidence. Just as organizations are discouraged from editing themselves, it does not seem to be in the spirit of Wikipedia to have an organization add a claim of conflict of interest that they themselves have made that is unsubstantiated otherwise. We are in no way above criticism, and would be happy to leave their criticism up in part or with a more complete view of the situation. We would love input from other editors to find the best course of action. Thank you for any and all conversation.

SawdustAndDiamonds (talk) 17:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC)


 * thank you for your message, and for disclosing your conflict of interest. It would be helpful for you to read this overview of Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. You did the right thing by starting a discussion on the talk page rather than editing the article directly. If you have specific edits/content changes you'd like to suggest, you can follow the process at Edit requests. That's a way for you to request an edit, and then for uninvolved editors to be summoned to assess your request and implement it if it is deemed constructive. For edit requests, you should provide reliable sources for any proposed content changes. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks! Marquardtika (talk) 19:33, 18 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your quick reply! I'm no stranger to Wikipedia, but I must admit I have limited experience on "the back end" such as it is in this case. I'm familiar with those guidelines, which is why I chose to have this conversation openly and transparently. It's good to hear I made the right call. I'll make sure to gather the necessary references and think through specifically where we take issue (because again, as I said, we understand criticism but in this case feel it is at least in part misrepresented), and take your suggestion. Thank you so much for taking your time to contribute. SawdustAndDiamonds (talk) 19:50, 18 June 2019 (UTC)