User talk:Fred C. Dobbz

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 Sincerely, Sm8900 (talk) 06:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)   [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sm8900&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)]

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فارسی Sm8900 (talk) 06:21, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Connection to Mark Eitelberg?
Do you have a connection to Mark Eitelberg? ElKevbo (talk) 00:14, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Fred C. Dobbz. 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 organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 19:05, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello, MrOllie. I am Mark J. Eitelberg. My intentions were good in bringing attention to my own published work. I wasn't aware of the COI policy. Thank you for informing me and directing me to the Wiki guidelines. I have no desire or need to advertise, publicize, or promote my published work. I'm a Professor Emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. I retired from teaching and consulting in April 2017 at the age of 69. From then until now, I have not engaged in any paid work. I have worked, unpaid, as an expert witness on four legal cases that advanced to US District Courts and the Supreme Court. I've had a long and distinguished career. I have neither the time nor the interest in self-promotion. As I began reading published articles in my areas of interest, I noticed I could contribute to the discussion. The easiest way for me to do this is by adding selected works to "Further Reading" lists -- and those with which I'm most familiar are obviously my own. I could contribute in other ways, as well, if I felt more comfortable with the Wikipedia process of editing content. (I am a former editor-in-chief of a scholarly journal, Armed Forces & Society -- before online publishing. Our copy editor at Transaction Publishers edited manuscripts by hand. I imagine with a stubby pencil. During my 35 years at NPS, I was a principal advisor on nearly 300 Master's theses -- which predates the university's use of professional editors to assist graduate students.)
 * The removal of one particular edit bothers me more than others. This is Blacks and the Military by Binkin & Eitelberg (Brookings, 1982) under "Further Reading" for Military history of African Americans. The Brookings Institution publication deserves to be included, regardless of my assumed COI. I can explain why, if needed.
 * I would be interested in taking a more active role in editing Wikipedia. I'd need more help and advice from the Wiki community. You know what they say about old professors and new tricks?
 * Best wishes, Fred C. Dobbz (talk) 07:15, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, MrOllie. I am Mark J. Eitelberg. My intentions were good in bringing attention to my own published work. I wasn't aware of the COI policy. Thank you for informing me and directing me to the Wiki guidelines. I have no desire or need to advertise, publicize, or promote my published work. I'm a Professor Emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. I retired from teaching and consulting in April 2017 at the age of 69. From then until now, I have not engaged in any paid work. I have worked, unpaid, as an expert witness on four legal cases that advanced to US District Courts and the Supreme Court. I've had a long and distinguished career. I have neither the time nor the interest in self-promotion. As I began reading published articles in my areas of interest, I noticed I could contribute to the discussion. The easiest way for me to do this is by adding selected works to "Further Reading" lists -- and those with which I'm most familiar are obviously my own. I could contribute in other ways, as well, if I felt more comfortable with the Wikipedia process of editing content. (I am a former editor-in-chief of a scholarly journal, Armed Forces & Society -- before online publishing. Our copy editor at Transaction Publishers edited manuscripts by hand. I imagine with a stubby pencil. During my 35 years at NPS, I was a principal advisor on nearly 300 Master's theses -- which predates the university's use of professional editors to assist graduate students.)
 * The removal of one particular edit bothers me more than others. This is Blacks and the Military by Binkin & Eitelberg (Brookings, 1982) under "Further Reading" for Military history of African Americans. The Brookings Institution publication deserves to be included, regardless of my assumed COI. I can explain why, if needed.
 * I would be interested in taking a more active role in editing Wikipedia. I'd need more help and advice from the Wiki community. You know what they say about old professors and new tricks?
 * Best wishes, 2601:642:C201:54A0:CCDE:200B:8EE2:8277 (talk) 07:17, 11 March 2022 (UTC)