User talk:MSFAustralia

April 2014
Hello, MSFAustralia. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Médecins Sans Frontières, you may have a conflict of interest.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 05:22, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Declaration of interest
Dear Demiurge1000, thank you for your information on maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia's articles. Indeed we declare that this user account has an interest in Médecins Sans Frontières. However, we have no intention of making edits to the content of this page that would create biased information. At this time, we would humbly suggest the addition of a link to the Australian section of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), along with a link to the academic case studies 'MSF Speaking Out', that openly critique MSF's internal debates and ethical dilemmas during humanitarian emergencies (e.g. Rwandan genocide) that can be found at http://speakingout.msf.org Please advise if this falls within the scope of Wikipedia's T&Cs? MSFAustralia (talk) 05:50, 30 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia's recommendation is that you contribute on the talk (discussion) page of the article, not on the article itself. Having said that, a link to the URL you mention is currently on the article page itself. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:11, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that tip - we will in future use the 'talk' page for any further suggestions. MSFAustralia (talk) 23:37, 30 April 2014 (UTC)