User talk:Mcauchyatoswego.edu

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Dictyostelium discoideum, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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June 2023
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Dictyostelium discoideum. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. ''The source you're adding is primary research and not useful as a review source for the article. Please stop.'' Zefr (talk) 17:02, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
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 * How was my external link disruptive, or illustrated any conflict of interest? We have worked for four years to develop an open-source technology to transform D. discoideum that will virtually eliminate the financial barrier to this technology and has the potential to 'explode' the fields of metastatic cancer and immune cell research globally. If we can get the word out. The publishers of the Journal of Open hardware recommended that we add external links to our article on the appropriate Wikipedia pages. Mcauchyatoswego.edu (talk) 18:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * So, not only are you using lab research as a source (WP:PRIMARY) or even just an external link, but you also have a conflict of interest, WP:COI, that interferes with neutral editing, WP:NPOV. You are also trying to promote a commercial opportunity, WP:PROMO. Adding two more notices. Zefr (talk) 18:07, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, as you did at Dictyostelium discoideum, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Zefr (talk) 18:08, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Mcauchyatoswego.edu. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Dictyostelium discoideum, 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:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
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 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
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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. As confessed above on your talk page. Zefr (talk) 18:09, 12 June 2023 (UTC)