User talk:2020Comment

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Oxford University Student Union, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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 * I am not sure what conflict of interest I could have. I certainly don't 'work for or represent' OUSU. I have not even been a student for decades.
 * I just noticed that Wikipedia has a full list of Oxford Union Presidents but not the equivalent list for the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) Presidents - although a section entitled 'List of Presidents' (an incomplete list) appeared in the OUSU article. Given that many OUSU Presidents also become equally prominent in public life, this inconsistency seems wrong.
 * Or perhaps the consistency should apply the other way and we should delete the 'List of presidents of the Oxford Union'?
 * The same incidentally would be true of the 'List of Presidents of the Cambridge Union'. Indeed Wikipedia contains many lists of offices and their past office-holders, many of who are not notable in their own right, without these being considered inappropriate for the encyclopaedia.
 * There are many prominent OUSU officers individuals currently not listed (for example Anneliese Dodds, David Milliband, Stephen Twigg). Several of the names I had proposed to introduce - now currently removed - even have Wikipedia entries of their own already and there are no doubt others on that list that require more research.
 * Given Simon Hoare and Jacob Rees-Mogg are prominent UK parliamentarians, this too would seem to be a useful matter of record.
 * Or would the list have been acceptable if it was a separate article in its own right?
 * The OUSU entry is currently very weak and patchy and I was simply trying to give it more substance and quality. 2020Comment (talk) 11:45, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * You have been around since July 26th 2022, despite the suggestion in your chosen username, and every single edit you made thus far, referenced this organisation. On Wikipedia that's called an single purpose account and usually indicates a Conflict of Interest, people who are not here to help build an encyclopedia, but to persue some other goal.
 * Then there's edits like this one (the fist in a long list, referencing individuals who, by the looks of it, are not even remotely notable. This is not restricted to presidents (as in the Oxford Union list), but includes VP's and executive members (whatever that may entail). There's this edit with members of the Sabbatical Executive Committee (who, also are not even close to notable), this edit, once more, adds slew of VP's and Sabatical Committee members and, after a host of simular edits, this one drew my attention, again, adding not presidents, but three VP's, who, at the present time, are utterly non-notable.
 * As to the presidents of the Oxford Union, there isn't a single VP amongst those mentioned, and that organisation is an old and very prestigious organisation. There is a section Other notable officers, but it only inludes individuals who are notable to Wikipedia's standards.
 * You pointing to that article to support your treatment of Wikipedia as a) The OSOU's private website and b) a members directory, prompts me to ask you to review WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, which will explain, in some detail, why that particular kite does not fly.
 * As to your not being employed by OSOU, or even a student, that is not a requirement for having a conflict of interest, despite the wording of the welcome boilerplate. Please review WP:WIKILAWYERING to see why that kite does not fly, either.
 * Kleuske (talk) 13:56, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

What Wikipedia is WP:NOT
Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a a directory. Please do not add non-notable individuals to any article. Thanks. Kleuske (talk) 11:00, 15 September 2022 (UTC)