User talk:Nasmem

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!
I, and the rest of the hosts, would be more than happy to answer any questions you have! SarahStierch (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

National Academy of Sciences
Your edits and your user name would suggest that you are connected with the National Academy of Science. If you are, please refrain from adding NAS links to articles as you have a conflict of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 18:36, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi. I'm an administrator here and I thought i'd drop you a note about that message above. That's bad advice and I'm sure Ukexpat had the best of intentions, but s/he seems to have misinterpreted WP:COI.  You appear to be editing entirely within the spirit of Wikipedia and you do not appear to be trying to promote NAS.  Please keep up the good work and sorry for the rough start.  Let me know if I can be of assistance.  Toddst1 (talk) 03:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. The thread is User:Nasmem. Thank you. ukexpat (talk) 18:40, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
ukexpat (talk) 19:16, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Adding links for your org
Hi there. I just wanted to provide a bit of advice: if you work for NAS I'd avoid adding links to articles with a username like this. It's pretty obvious :) Wikipedia has a strict policy against conflict of interest, and usernames being associated with organizations. Also, be sure to double check that the links you are adding aren't already cited in the article. If they are listed in the reference section, then there is no need to add them to the external link section. Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 19:36, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks SarahStierch, I'll be talking with colleagues about this in the coming days. I'd prefer to be transparent about who I am and what I'm doing. Neither I nor the Academy gain financially from the memoirs, but we do want people interested in our deceased members to know about this resource.Nasmem (talk) 21:34, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Biographical Memoirs template
Hi Nasmem, I've create at Biographical Memoirs template for you. That should make it a bit easier to keep those links in a consistent format or to update the URL for all the links at once should it ever change in the future. I hope these two  diffs should give you an idea of how to use the template to link to the Biographical Memoirs. Cheers, —Ruud 21:54, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Nasmem, also welcome! I have provided documentation to this template to make it more clear. Thanks for extending the Wikipedia articles with this valuable reference, SchreyP (messages) 21:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Yet Another Suggestion(tm)
Something that might be a good idea is if you file a request to have your username changed, so that it represents you specifically, and not the NAS. After all, at some point in the future, you and the NAS may part ways for whatever reason; if the username is "Bob the Science Historian" or whatever, you'll be able to continue using it.

Do keep the comment on the user page that says you work at NAS and manage the biographies, though. Full disclosure and all. DS (talk) 15:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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