User talk:Burhem

Request for clarification
Hello, I am working on a new article in my sub-account, and is not yet uploaded, and I would like to change the title; can you please let me know how to do it. Thanks.Burhem (talk) 23:08, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

COI and socks
Professor Boashash, it is not good form to use wikipedia just to promote your own work by citing it in all the articles you work on. See WP:COI. It's also not a good idea to try to hide your identity by switching to a more obscure account name to avoid the history that you've got on wikipedia (see  and WP:SOCK). It would be better to declare your conflict, and make sure you yield to the opinion of other editors in relevant situations. I'd suggest you start by trying to balance the references to your work with references to others. Dicklyon (talk) 07:18, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Answer to concerns expressed
Thank you for your feedback. Regarding the concern expressed, I am simply not willing to reveal my identity for personal reasons and to avoid further harassment. I disagree with you about the issue raised; I believe that my editing and referencing is technical, precise, rigorous and expert and that this is a help to the community. I concentrate only in the area that I know best for the time being. However, given the perception you have, I have taken the concerns expressed on board fully and I will do my best to ensure that there is no such perception in any future editing I do, and also in reviewing past editing as well as the other articles you referred to, including perception of the matter of balance that you raised. I have actually already started addressing this perception, but I will try to do more. Thank you again for a useful feedback and sorry for the perception. Burhem (talk) 20:22, 5 September 2010 (UTC).Burhem (talk) 08:51, 6 September 2010 (UTC).


 * Your first response was better. Your clarification sounds more like you're looking for a fight.  Nobody has questioned whether your edits are technical, precise, rigorous, and expert, but experts are not expected to just push their own stuff on wikipedia.  Did you read WP:COI?  If your aim is to get lots of people to know to your name, to read your books and papers, or to buy your books, as it appears, then the general principle applies: "Where advancing outside interests is more important to an editor than advancing the aims of Wikipedia, that editor stands in a conflict of interest."  As to who you are, you are free to keep that private, but it often complicates matters; especially since you first editted as User:Boashash, and there claimed to be Dr. Boashash, it is natural for us to assume that your interests are at least very well aligned with Dr. Boashash's interests, whether you are he or not.  The appearance is that you have made another account just to be a sockpuppet, to get away from the notice and warning that Stephen G. Johnson politely gave you when he said "just going through dozens of articles and adding references to your work, and only to your work, gives the impression that your primary interest is not in improving Wikipedia but rather in promoting your own papers." Dicklyon (talk) 15:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, sorry for not being clearer; I am definitely not interested in a fight; this would really be a waste of time and energy, and would take us away from the noble aim of wikipedia; but, on the contrary, I am reflecting seriously on your concerns and trying to find an approach to address them practically and converge to a solution for future edits that removes the perception that you got. I insist that the perception you got is not reality, but I accept that it is still a perception and that should be dealt with; and also that the responsibility is on me to do my best to ensure that this perception disappears while doing future edits. I confirm that my primary interest is to improve Wikipedia by using my expertise to edit relevant articles to make them more correct, clearer and more informative, and of course, this is presented from my perspective. I hope that my next edits will alleviate your concerns and will be received more the way they are intended. I had checked WP:COI and saw nothing wrong, but in the light of your second comment, I will check it again in more detail and ensure full compliance in future edits. Again, thanks for your useful feedback, and sorry to have troubled you. Regards. Burhem (talk) 21:25, 6 September 2010 (UTC)