User talk:Jsryanjr

USAID article edits
Hi Jsryanjr, I noticed you've been editing the USAID article and did a little work on the one on the US foreign service. As a USAID FSO myself, I'm curious if you're also with the agency. I'm not aware of too many of us on here, but wish there were more given the lack of coverage of topics in so many of the places where we work. Thanks for your contributions here. Best of luck, Lemurbaby (talk) 03:23, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't know how to "Reply" so I'll just edit the incoming message. Yes, I'm a USAID FSO. See my comment on the USAID page dated March 2012 for thoughts on what the page should contain. USAID staff work on documents like the "White Paper" of 2004 reflected my own observations as to how to describe USAID to the public, so (as has been noticed) the edits I made to the page look like USAID's official materials even though they're not. Jsryanjr (talk) 17:24, 18 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Jsryanjr, I'm currently based in Rwanda and on my way to Pakistan in October, but I'll be back in DC in late September. Here in Rwanda I've run several workshops to train the general public and particularly members of civil society on how to edit WP in order to broaden coverage of topics related to Rwanda and the region. I'm thinking of running something similar while I'm in DC. Will you be there ~ Sept. 15-October 10, and if so, would you want to get a coffee? If you're around when I'm hoping to run the training (somewhere between October 7-9), would you be interested in being a part of it, maybe running it together? Right now I'm still just trying to figure out the appropriate channels to get something like this cleared and set up - probably someone in PPL but I don't know who. I'd welcome your thoughts on this. Lemurbaby (talk) 05:25, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd like to help get this article to GA and FA over the next half year or so - would you like to collaborate? I'm in DC at RRB until 10/31 and would love to get a coffee if you have time. If you'd like to take this offline you can send me an email ("email this user" feature under the Toolbox menu heading to the left of my user page). By the way, the planned WP training was scheduled to happen on the day the shutdown started so I'm trying to reschedule it now for my last week in DC. Hope to meet up soon. - Lemurbaby (talk)

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Thanks for bringing up sensitivity to COI. On reviewing again the referenced guidelines and FAQ, particularly for "[a]ny external relationship—personal, religious, political, academic, legal, or financial" with the subjects written about in the USAID article, none appear to arise. With respect to USAID in particular, this is made clear by the fact that, under USAID's guidelines, I am permitted to negotiate with the Agency on behalf of other organizations. Nor would issues appear arise with respect to other organizations or persons written about. None of the persons or events mentioned in the article are known to me personally. Sources not connected with me are cited for material that is included in the article.

As currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, I am a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who teaches MPA courses in international development and international economics, including about USAID. Sources from which material is collected for the USAID article come in part from references provided by other SMEs who are my colleagues at IU and elsewhere. I regularly encourage others to review, edit, and contribute to the article. I hope that this is what Wikipedia is looking for.

Jsryanjr (talk) 23:12, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation
TheAwesome Hwyh  18:14, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


 * On the sockpuppetry case you commented that " it's clear to me once again that Wikipedia needs my expertise". That gives me cause to worry that you may intend inserting your own expertise into articles.
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a platform for first publication of ideas. We need reliable, verifiable, independent sources for assertions made in articles. If your expertise means you know where to find such sources, that's great. Assertions supported only by your own expertise are original research and are beyond Wikipedia's scope - WP:5P - and likely to suffer administrative action, on the article and perhaps on your editing rights. Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 15:46, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

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