User talk:Chrissimedia

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:27, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Chrissimedia. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the edit COI template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see );
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see );
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:13, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi.
 * So far I have not even started anything outside my sandbox and you feel the need to immediately caution me? Is this the bullying that we discussed in class that makes Wikipedia such an unwelcoming place for new people, women in particular? But just for the sake of clarity, I am not employed by whoever you think I would be, and never have been.
 * Maybe these readings are of interest:
 * - Adams, Julia, Hannah Brückner, and Cambria Naslund. ‘Who Counts as a Notable Sociologist on Wikipedia? Gender, Race, and the “Professor Test”’. Socius 5 (1 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023118823946.
 * - Breeze, Mez. ‘Wikipedia’s Dark Side: Censorship, Revenge Editing & Bribes’. The Next Web, 13 October 2012. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/10/13/wikipedias-dark-side/.
 * - Smirnov, Ivan. ‘Wikipedia’s Volunteer Editors Are Fleeing Online Abuse. Here’s What That Could Mean for the Internet (and You)’. The Conversation, 5 December 2023. http://theconversation.com/wikipedias-volunteer-editors-are-fleeing-online-abuse-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-the-internet-and-you-218517. Chrissimedia (talk) 22:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I noticed your draft about itp, which as you mention on your userpage, you are currently attending. This constitutes an external relationship, so the Conflict of interest policy may apply. Newcomers to Wikipedia are often unaware of these policies, and I think it's best for everyone if they're informed sooner rather than later. To this end, I used uw-coi, a standard informational template for these situations. It's intended to be welcoming – if you have a problem with its wording, you could bring it up at WT:UW, the centralized talk page for user warnings. In particular, it's a very general notice; the "employer" parts only apply if you have one, but I can understand if you read it as asserting that you did have one.
 * Beyond that, I agree that Wikipedia has its problems, but I encourage you to approach editors with good faith regardless. I know I'm a small sample size, but as a woman myself, I've found it to be a pretty friendly community – I hope you enjoy it here too. jlwoodwa (talk) 05:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)