User talk:Scholarxx

I am one of the authors of Flyvbjerg & Sunstein, added to Hiding hand principle. I therefore suggest that an editor take a look at my change and adjust it as she/he sees fit.

Managing a conflict of interest
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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. KATMAKROFAN (talk) 23:38, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello KATMAKROFAN, The wp guidelines ask editors to clearly state possible COI. I did that for each edit by including the following text: "I added data on cost from the Oxford Olympics Study. Please note I am co-author of the cited publication. I therefore kindly suggest that a wp-editor take a look at my edit to check and verify that it’s okay, many thanks." If this is not enough, please let me know what more I can do? Best regards, Scholarxx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scholarxx (talk • contribs) 00:04, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
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. Thank you. Brianhe (talk) 23:48, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Scholarxx, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Teraproject have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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Dear Diannaa, many thanks for your highly useful comments. I'm the copyright holder, and I give permission to use the material on Wikipedia, so there is no violation of copyright.Scholarxx (talk) 11:16, 16 June 2017 (UTC) PS: I really like your edits, as they make the entry more concise, many thanks.

June 2017
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Bent Flyvbjerg. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Caution for adding spamlinks to webshops where the books can be bought. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 18:10, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Tom, many thanks for this. Is SSRN considered an inappropriate external link? My assumption is that when someone reads something on WP and checks the source (under References) they will want to be able to read that source in order to verify it themselves. That seems to me to make for a better encyclopedia. Am I wrong in making this assumption, in your view? Thanks again! Scholarxx (talk) 11:07, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * In a list of books the ISBN number is enough, provided it has been properly formatted using the proper template, since the number is clickable and leads to a search page, that in turn leads to a number of library sites, etc, making it possible to verify that the book exists, who the author(s) is/are etc. Which is all that needs to be verified in a list of books, such as the list in Bent Flyvbjerg that you added the external links to. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 11:31, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Tom, got it, many thanks for clarifying. Scholarxx (talk) 12:47, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Minor edits
Hi, and a belated "Welcome!" to Wikipedia. ;) Always nice to see new Wikipedians. I noticed that you've marked quite a few edits of yours as minor that shouldn't have been. You might want to take a little time to review WP:MINOR, especially.

Happy editing! Paradoctor (talk) 18:24, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Uniqueness bias


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BT Professor of Major Programme Management
Hi there! I saw you recently started the article BT Professor of Major Programme Management. It's great to see someone interested in improving coverage of academia on Wikipedia! However, in this particular case, since there is so little published work concerning the professorship itself I think it's best if it redirects to Bent Flyvbjerg for now. Perhaps you could add in his article that in 2007, *insert person or organization* gave funds to setup the BT Professorship etc. and he is the first and current holder of that position.

As you may have encountered elsewhere, while Wikipedia has articles on lots of topics, it does not seek to cover all topics. Over the years the community of editors have decided the scope of the encyclopedia which is generally laid out here. In particular, we only create articles on topics that are the subject of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." While Bent Flyvbjerg certainly seems to pass that threshold, it wasn't clear to me that the BT Professorship of Major Programme Management did. It could just be that I missed some important sources. If you feel that way we can discuss it here or at Talk:Bent Flyvbjerg. If you have other questions as you settle into editing here, feel free to ask at WP:TEAHOUSE. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 23:54, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Regression to the tail (January 25)
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🐔 Chicdat  Bawk to me! 11:24, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Please respond - managing your COI
Hi Scholarxx. Could you please stop editing articles directly, and work from edit requests instead? You've responded at Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_108 in the past. I'd like to avoid further intervention if possible. --Hipal (talk) 20:22, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Regression to the tail
Hello, Scholarxx. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Regression to the tail, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 12:02, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Regression to the tail


Hello, Scholarxx. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Regression to the tail".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 17:45, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Bent Flyvbjerg for deletion
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