User talk:Mtly4

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Links
Hello Mtly4, please note Weblinks, no links in the flowtext. Regards --Serols (talk) 17:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Mark Sameth
Hi there, thank you for taking on board the feedback about not adding external links to Mark Sameth's website; I appreciate it. I'm wondering though - almost all of your edits so far have been to add a reference to Sameth's work, with an edit summary starting "Review of Biblical Literature (2/21) called Sameth’s book “informative and accessible and at times inspiring". Do you have a conflict of interest with regard to Sameth? Thanks, Tacyarg (talk) 22:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. Sameth’s work is new, and some of my edits cite works which already appear on Wikipedia. The repetition of language in my Summary was intended to provide confidence on your part in the edits, given the standing of the journal (RBL) in the field of biblical studies. I am not a paid editor. I have sought to post only neutrally written, reliably sourced information on pages where the work is relevant. I proactively took down a hyperlink to Sameth’s website (on "Tetragrammaton") when I became aware that that was not in keeping with Wikipedia policy (and thank you for taking note of that). I do know Sameth, and indeed I am related. Apologies. I now understand that is COI. I have no intention to "push” (best practices).

Hoping you will see fit, given the above and what appears to possibly be some measure of discretion on your part regarding such matters, to allow the edits to stand. Leaving this in your hands with respect and thanks and awaiting your advices. Mtly4 (talk) 00:26, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's good to know. I'm not expert in the subject enough to know whether the edits are ok, so will leave that to others. Thanks for your honesty and for keeping up with the guidance. Tacyarg (talk) 08:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)