User talk:Bnicparks

May 2013
Hello, Bnicparks. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Washington Institute for Near East Policy, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. GabrielF (talk) 14:58, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, will do. I've identified my COI (I'm an employee of TWI) on my user page. All of my edits are meant to reflect the most recent programmatic information for the Washington Institute (current programs, mission statement, board of advisors, etc). I also deleted information about the Turkish research program and consolidated it within our "Current Programs" section. Bnicparks (talk) 15:08, 24 May 2013 (UTC)bnicparks
 * Thanks for the response. I don't see any issues with your edits, but I did want to make sure you were aware of the policy. By the way, I made a very small change to your message above. If you want to indent a paragraph make sure to start with a : rather than with a tab or space. If you use a tab or space our software will think that you want to put your whole paragraph on one long line. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, GabrielF (talk) 16:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)