User talk:Add Health

Wikipedia and copyright
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. It appears that it was copied and pasted from this link; copied-and-pasted content from copyrighted sources is NEVER allowed on Wikipedia (except with permission of copyright holder). Thank you. Every morning  (there's a halo...)  21:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Please note that you may only request a name that is not already in use, so please check here for a listing of already taken names. Thank you. kelapstick(bainuu) 21:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

. —Jeremy v^_^v  Bori! 20:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

I am not getting paid to edit the Wiki page, so this is not a conflict of interest with WP:PAID or WP:COI - I am simply trying to correct the information on the page and update it. The information is out of date - we've completed Wave IV and we are in Wave V data collection right now. Wave I, Wave II, etc should be capitalized when referenced. Also, the last sentence is not a correct summary of the study ('The first three waves included detailed, sexually explicit interviews, and the 11,500 participants in wave III also provided urine samples.') - the study collects social, environmental, behavioral, and biological data over the lifetime - not just sexual behavior data - and Wave III included collection of saliva and urine samples - not just urine. Since I can't get access to edit the page, then it would be great if someone could update and correct it. How can we make that happen?
 * You work for the company ("I work for Add Health", "I work for the director of Add Health") so you are being paid for your edits. Even if you aren't paid, WP:COI would apply because you work for the company. You've already been told you won't be permitted to edit about your organisation. --Yamla (talk) 16:08, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Then how do we get the page corrected and updated?
 * Hint: We've already pointed you to the policies which answer your question. --Yamla (talk) 20:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

It is not legally correct to state that this is in violation of WP:COI employee-company violation because I'm not trying to edit a Wiki company/organization profile page. Add Health is not an organization or a company, it is a study administered by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina. I work for UNC at the Carolina Population Center on the study; however, this page is a summary about the study not about an organization or company. This would only meet the violation if I were trying to edit the University of North Carolina page or the Carolina Population Center page. The information on the page is currently incorrect and incomplete, so I'm trying to fix it.
 * That is still a conflict of interest, no matter how much you try to pettifog about it. COI also extends to anything the organisation/division has had direct involvement in. —Jeremy v^_^v  Bori! 21:01, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

It would be great to stick to the facts of the topic rather than opinions on what you think I am or am not doing. The purpose of COI is to prevent potential bias towards an entity (yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships) - I'm not understanding what 'anything the organization/division has had direct involvement in'. In this case it sounds like you are suggesting that it is not limited to entities, but also includes topics, such as a survey. So an expert on a topic or study or someone that helps implement a survey would be prevented from editing a page on their theories, studies, or surveys on wiki? Putting aside the fact that researchers are trained in designing, analyzing, and publishing in research journals while minimizing bias to the highest degree possible, it's ironic to not allow any type of expert, regardless of whether they are a researcher or not, to edit and correct errors on their particular subject matter, so that's why I wasn't sure I understood the policy. So does this extend to studies, theories, and other topics related to the survey? For example, if I am a professor at UNC and I work on the Add Health survey and also use the data for my studies, then I would not be able edit wiki pages on the Add Health survey as well as any wiki pages related to specific or general topics on my research, studies, and teachings - such as public health, epidemiology, all topics on diseases, all topics on public health figures such as John Snow, biostatistics, etc...? If that is the policy and someone with a COI that sees an error or bias, how can that person flag it so that someone else can correct it? In this case, the Add Health page is currently written in a biased manner to make the study sound like it is only about sexual behaviors when it is about the collection of social, environmental, behavioral, and biological data. Additionally, there is missing information and a few other errors. Is there a place to request for corrections or to have it updated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Add Health (talk • contribs) 20:52, 4 April 2018 (UTC)