User talk:Neuroscientist2

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia
Hi Neuroscientist2 I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, in addition to my work on articles about medicine and health. Your edits to date are all on Misophonia. I did a careful analysis of the editing on that article tonight and rewrote it. Your edits generally introduced and promoted work by Judith Krauthamer. Other editors have done the same, with regard to other people in the field.

I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, Neuroscientist2. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
 * instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

Comments and requests
Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest;; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with Judith Krauthamer or other people in the field? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, with please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. Please reply here - I am watching this page. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 09:07, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Not sure if this is the best way to reply. I am professionally connected to JT Krauthamer and thus have a COI in editing the page. I will gladly step down, since I have found this page to be frustrating. It requires near-daily vigilance due to the many self-directed players. I appreciate your oversight and impartiality.

I am interested in being a WIKI editor and would be grateful for an opportunity to talk with you about it.

Thanking you for your candor, neuroscientist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrJV123 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, that was a surprise. First, thanks for replying here, and for being honest.  That is really great.   The surprise, is that this is the page for the account, Neuroscientist2.  You replied from the DRJV123 account.   Do you have other accounts on Wikipedia?  If you do please be honest about them.  We actually have tools we can use to check, but I would rather not waste those folks' time.    And you don't have to quit WP, btw... we just ask folks who have a COI to disclose and work on Talk pages instead of editing directly.  We sometimes get great contributions that way.   But please do answer about other accounts.  Thanks again! Jytdog (talk) 23:54, 26 February 2016 (UTC)