User talk:William G Rothman

December 2021
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Possible conflict of interest
Hello, William G Rothman. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Greg Rothman, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 05:41, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Greg Rothman edits
Hi William G Rothman. Since it seems that you have at least an WP:APPARENTCOI with Greg Rothman, I strongly suggest that you follow the guidance given in Wikipedia:Conflict of interest editing and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and refrain from further driectly editing the article. There are ways in which you can seek assistance in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines if you have concerns about the article; so, it's best that you follow them because otherwise your acocunt could possibly end up being block by a Wikipedia administrators. Wikipedia articles aren't owned by the subject's they're written about as explained in Wikipedia:Ownership of content and the subject's of articles have no final editorial control article content. All content, whether is positive or negative, needs to comply with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines and disputes over content is best resolved in accordance with Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. Any attempts to force an article to be changes in accordance with your preferences is likely going to be seen as edit warring, which in turn can lead to your account being blocked. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding likely COI editing. The thread is User:William G Rothman. Thank you. — Marchjuly (talk) 01:14, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

January 2023
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Thank you. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:42, 21 January 2023 (UTC)