User talk:Robertberend

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Chemistry
Hi, I see, as based on your Ph.D. dissertation title, that we have a common interest: interpersonal chemistry. Similar to you, only from a more advanced perspective, I’m publishing a new book soon on human chemistry. If you have any questions in Wikipedia or about chemistry between people, feel free to ask me. Later: --Sadi Carnot 16:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your recent edits
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Since you are new to Wikipedia, you may not be familiar with the basic principles and guidelines that all editors are expected to adhere to. Be sure to read the pages that are linked in your welcome message.

I see from your User Contributions page that you've added text derived from your Ph.D dissertation to four different articles. I have no doubt that your contributions were made with the best of intentions -- but my first thought upon seeing your edits was that they are, at the very least, problematic. I thought you ought to know that, because they are based on your own work, they do raise certain issues that you need to consider. It's quite possible that another editor (possibly even myself, though I haven't yet reached any firm conclusions) will remove your text from one or all of the four articles. So I would strongly urge you to read the pages Conflict of interest and WP:OR as soon as possible, and proceed according to your best judgement.

Regards, Cgingold 14:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, we'll in the case of the interpersonal chemistry article, having searched, I know that it is hard to find reliable sources for this topic, being that few are doing research on it. Hence, if he provides the name of school from which his paper originates, that would indicate a certain level of peer-review, and thus citation justification.  In other words, when primary sources are difficult to come by, then tertiary sources are useful. --Sadi Carnot 19:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I tracked down the source of the degree. It comes from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, which "is fully approved for graduate education in Sexology by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education of the State of California" according to their website's FAQ. The Bureau is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, not the California Department of Education. While this means that the Institute isn't a diploma mill, neither is it WASC accredited.
 * Because of this questionable status, the obvious conflict of interest, and what I see as little actual additional content or quality being brough to the articles by the inclusion of his writing, I am going to go ahead and remove what remains of his additions. --Icarus (Hi!) 08:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)