User talk:Brett Brutus

Crayfish edits: ref name tags, and potential Conflict of Interest?
Hello Brett Brutus,

I've noticed your recent edits to the Diet section of the Crayfish article. Specifically, you keep modifying the "ref name" section of the reference template. First of all, this "ref name" is just a shorthand way that the citation can be used again without having to fully type out the complete citation. This "ref name" is never seen by the reader of the article, and it could be anything, so long as it is used consistently. (For example, it could simply say "banana", and as long as the article keeps using that shorthand name, it would be fine.) I see that you keep trying to change the ref name "O'Brien1995" to ref name "OBrien1994" for the Brett O'Brien article published in 1995. Perhaps the study/article/paper was written and submitted in 1994, but it was ultimately published in 1995, which is why 1995 makes more sense for the ref name. Especially because in this case there is a 1995 O'Brien journal reference, and a different 1994 O'Brien journal reference. If you changed the ref name for the OBrien1995 citation to "OBrien1994", then that would just confuse it with the other 1994 O'Brien reference. For further information, see WP:ILCLUTTER. This is the section on using "ref name" for repeated citations to the same source.

But also, I suspect you might have a conflict of interest with this subject. See Conflict of interest. Your user name is Brett, and all of the information you added is published by someone named Brett. Unlikely coincidence, eh? If so, you are required to disclose. See WP:DISCLOSE.

Oh, and finally, please use edit summaries when making edits. See Help:Edit summary. Thanks Cougroyalty (talk) 17:39, 11 September 2023 (UTC)