User talk:KAC57

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 * Thanks for your note. I am just trying to get the entry on Sociological Forum correct.  I hope you will not delete the latest changes.  Someone else was also trying to make changes and all changes were deleted.  I have made the most minor of corrections.  We have to get the publisher right.  Thanks! KAC57 (talk) 16:43, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, KAC57. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Sociological Forum, 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. Randykitty (talk) 17:41, 19 April 2022 (UTC)


 * There is no conflict of interest. The prior contributor--the one whose work you are blocking or deleting -- is not affiliated with the journal.  Someone who answered my emails yesterday invited ME to correct the errors in the Sociological Forum entry knowing full well I am the editor.  They thought you would honor my changes since you refused to honor the other person's changes. They specifically told me that, as editor correcting an error, there was NOT a conflict of interest.  I, the publisher and the Eastern Sociological Society cannot understand why you will not let us correct the error in our journal description.  Wiley publishes this journal.  Wiley-Blackwell does not publish anymore.  The Blackwell family has not be affiliated with Wiley since the 2010's and is no longer publishing.  Check the journal website.  There is no mention of Blackwell: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15737861   Please, please allow us to correct this error. 2601:8C:4001:3A00:14DE:C6CB:B7D9:477 (talk) 22:24, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no conflict of interest. The prior contributor--the one whose work you are blocking or deleting -- is not affiliated with the journal.  Someone who answered my emails yesterday invited ME to correct the errors in the Sociological Forum entry knowing full well I am the editor.  They thought you would honor my changes since you refused to honor the other person's changes. They specifically told me that, as editor correcting an error, there was NOT a conflict of interest.  I, the publisher and the Eastern Sociological Society cannot understand why you will not let us correct the error in our journal description.  Wiley publishes this journal.  Wiley-Blackwell does not publish anymore.  The Blackwell family has not be affiliated with Wiley since the 2010's and is no longer publishing.  Check the journal website.  There is no mention of Blackwell: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15737861   Please, please allow us to correct this error. KAC57 (talk) 22:27, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts&#32;as a sockpuppet of User:Xuguo163&#32;per the evidence presented at Sockpuppet investigations/Xuguo163. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:23, 20 April 2022 (UTC)


 * First, Thanks for unblocking me.
 * I do have some questions.
 * 1) Xu has no conflict of interest. She is not affiliated with the journal.  Apparently I do.  What declaration am I supposed to make and where?  The link you sent says "on my page."  I do not know what that means.  I am not a regular Wikipedia contributor and find this all very confusing.
 * 2) How can we correct the name of the publisher? Both Xu and I have tried several times and have been rejected.  Frankly, I am afraid to try anything on Wikipedia again because of what happened here.  Wiley-Blackwell, in reality, does not exist.  Blackwell was a family owned business that sold out to Wiley in the 2010s. Wiley maintained the Blackwell name in some areas, but as our journal page shows, we are published by Wiley--that's it.  I would like to correct that.  Every time Xu or I tried to correct it, we were rejected.  I feel badly that the Sociological Forum  page has erroneous information--especially under my watch.  Can you guide me?
 * Thanks again,
 * Karen KAC57 (talk) 22:53, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * You should edit User:KAC57.  There's some fancy templates you can use, but if you just say, "I am the editor of a journal called Sociological Forum", that satisfies the requirement.
 * The suggested way for people with a COI to suggest changes to articles they are associated with is to suggest the changes on the article's talk page. In this case, that would be Talk:Sociological Forum.  Again, the exact format of the request isn't the critical thing.  Just say what change you'd like to see made, and provide a good source to verify it.  So, "Can somebody please change the publisher to be XXX.  The source can be ".  If the change is reasonable and the source is reliable, I'd expect that somebody will pick it up and perform the edit for you.  I know this sounds awkward, but it's designed to resolve the conflict-of-interest problems. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:29, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * When I click on User:KAC57, it says the page was removed (by you) and I see no place to add my affiliation with Sociological Forum. Can you help? KAC57 (talk) 00:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * As part of the blocking process, I had created a version of your user page which said you were a sockpuppet. I removed that when I unblocked you, which is why you got that message.  But it looks like you got it all sorted out now. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:35, 21 April 2022 (UTC)