User talk:YongjieJessicaZhang

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 * I am "Yongjie Jessica Zhang" and I have posted my corrections to the wikipedia page, can you help proofread and publish them? Thank you! YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 00:54, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022
Hi! I noticed you've been editing Yongjie Jessica Zhang. While I'm sure you're trying to improve the encyclopedia, I can't help but notice from your username that you likely have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article. I suggest you read the guidance on editing with a COI, particularly about how it is discouraged, and about how you are encouraged to disclose your association with subject of the article (if it indeed exists).

On a separate note, your additions to the page in question don't cite any sources. Citing reliable sources is integral to Wikipedia, and if you don't do so, your changes are likely to be speedily removed by editors. Hope this helps, and if you have any questions, please do let me know. — Jthistle38 (talk) 23:50, 16 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments, can you help check which parts you need additional citation? Almost all the information are published through my department at Carnegie Mellon University. Thank you! Here are some related links:
 * https://www.meche.engineering.cmu.edu/directory/bios/zhang-yongjie.html --> see Media Mentions at the end of the page.
 * http://solidmodeling.org/awards/sma-fellows/sma-fellows-2021/
 * https://www.springer.com/journal/366/editors
 * https://aimbe.org/press/zhang-COF-5146.pdf YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 00:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, as I suspected would happen, your changes have now been reverted (the page before this happened is still available here). Let me explain the problem a little more clearly: you added new content to the page. Wikipedia's guidelines require that any statements in articles are accompanied by an appropriate inline citation, that is, with a footnote like the one following this sentence. Furthermore, cited source should be reliable - there's a whole set of guidelines over what constitutes a reliable source, but the sites you linked seem fine to me. Anyway, since the content you added lacked inline citations, it was not verifiable, and thus it is entirely reasonable for an editor to remove it (especially since false content in biographies of living persons opens Wikipedia up to libel).
 * For a quick guide on how to use Wikipedia's editor to add inline citations, you may want to read the getting-started guide to referencing on Wikipedia. For a more thorough overview, you can refer to WP:CITE. Hope this helps — Jthistle38 (talk) 11:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the detailed explanation! I have added inline citations and published the wikipedia page again. For the "Infobox scientist" content, it is based on Yongjie Jessica Zhang's website [1] or https://engineering.cmu.edu/mfi/directory/bios/zhang-yongjie.html. Can you help check or ask the editor to double check? Thank you! YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 00:43, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * "If Wikipedia has published material about you, and you need help, you can:
 * post a correction on the article's talk page and ask that it be implemented;"
 * I found the above instruction from your website. I am "Yongjie Jessica Zhang" and I have posted my corrections to the wikipedia page, can you help double check and publish them? YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 00:51, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Infobox content should usually be based on content already in the article; if it isn't, then it a relevant citation should be included in the infobox.
 * Regarding your additions, they are superficially OK, but it seems a little bit like all you want to do is big yourself up - with respect, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not your resumé. We try to write things from a neutral point of view. It is rather hard to edit an article about yourself from a neutral point of view. This is why a conflict of interest is usually a concern. You may find that editors will rewrite or even remove some of your additions for this reason.
 * For some examples of fairly standard articles about minor academics, see e.g. Tilman Esslinger, Howard Brandt, Anne Broadbent (I took these from the list of quantum physicists on Wikipedia). — Jthistle38 (talk) 10:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Please help rewrite from a neutral point of view. I tried to just state the facts, but it's hard for me as you said. Let me know if you need any information for the rewriting. YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 14:11, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I edited a couple of minor places to try to be neutral, please help proofread. Thank you! YongjieJessicaZhang (talk) 18:51, 19 May 2022 (UTC)