User talk:BrentJohnson

Bruce J. Tromberg
I have added a "" template to the article Bruce J. Tromberg, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.--Ozgod 05:15, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Possible conflict of interest with edits in article SPIE
Hello BrentJohnson. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article SPIE, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to you, your organization or its competitors; and
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. If you are the Brent Johnson working as Outreach Coordinator at SPIE, you may have a conflict of interest with the edits you did at SPIE. -- SchreyP (messages) 19:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I have just spent considerable time removing inappropriate material, inappropriate wording, and excessive repetition, from this page. I have also removed the mass of external links to various pages of the site scattered throughout the article. There's a good deal more to do, and I shall do it. You can help in three ways: first, updating routine material directly on the page, Second, Suggesting new material on the article talk page -- in particular, we need references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases,and certainly not from material published by the society. Third, otherwise,  not editing material in which you have a conflict of interest.  Experience has shown us, and the state of this article confirms, that as a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly with a conflict of interest or as a paid press agent, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. And keep in mind that the goal of an encyclopedia  is to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of  press releases or  web sites, which are usually more expansive. Due to the increasing use of Wikipedia for publicity, we are growing more aware of the COI problem.  DGG ( talk ) 06:28, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SPIE logo, June 2014.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:36, 6 May 2019 (UTC)