User talk:Biometricsexpert

Wikipedia and copyright

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. /wiae /tlk 20:42, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

April 2017

Hello, I'm C.Fred. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Biometrics in schools have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 01:46, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Biometricsexpert. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Biometrics in schools, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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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. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:50, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestions. I'm new to this Wikipedia world and this is not a paid contribution. However, I do know about the topic and this page is dated and has inaccuracies. I'm unclear how to proceed. Is nothing that I wrote accepted, some of it or do I need to submit all over again? Thank you so very much for helping me with this.Biometricsexpert (talk) 12:18, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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21:56, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Possible conflict of interest

Hello Biometricsexpert,

In the article Biometrics in schools, you added the following sentence:

"identiMetrics is a company that is focused only on K12 schools and has successfully developed biometric technology and systems to scan the fingers of very young children."

If by chance you are an owner or employee of this company, or have any financial interest in this company, then you have a clear Conflict of interest regarding this company and its products and services. Please declare any such conflict of interest at User:Biometricsexpert, which is currently blank. Please read WP:PAID and follow it carefully if it applies to your editing in any way. This is mandatory and a matter of policy. Thank you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:38, 17 April 2017 (UTC) Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. After closely reading your conflict of interest information, this may be a conflict of interest. Even though I’m not getting paid to update this page, I am involved with a company in this sector, identiMetrics. I did use articles from the identiMetrics biometrics library because they have been published and included identiMetrics in the discussion of early vendors in the market because there was another vendor included. I will declare my conflict of interest. The genesis of this Wikipedia article, Biometric in Schools, is from a mother in the UK that was mad about biometric technology being implemented in her school in 2005. She made an anti-biometric video called “Leave Them Kids Alone” and set up this Wikipedia article. As a result, negative articles have always followed this page in a Google search. We have been following it for years. Today, the Wikipedia Biometrics in Schools page is outdated with old sources, mostly focused on UK information and terminology, and inaccurate in some areas. What I wanted to accomplish was to bring the page current and include information about biometrics in US schools as well schools in other areas of the world for example Chile and parts of Africa. It’s important to understand the what, whys, hows, and also understand the privacy debates that are going on. I would be happy to take on this project in a neutral way using third party articles with your review. Another option is to just take this page down in the form that it’s in since it is outdated and inaccurate. I'm looking forward to your thoughts. Thank you.Biometricsexpert (talk) 16:25, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]