User talk:MJC8104

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Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, MJC8104. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page User talk:Walter Görlitz, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:06, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

The content in the article is now correctly sourced. WP:PRIMARY sources are immaterial and WP:NOTADVERTIZING play-in here. How the band wants to portray themselves has been noted but reviewers' interpretations of their genres are more important. If you'd like to discuss this on the article's talk page, feel free to, but use WP:SECONDARY sources to support the genre claims. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:44, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for responding and the links you provided. I understand now and will work to provide proper sources in the future.MJC8104 (talk) 16:10, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

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Hey

What you did right: including content from the reviews of the song. This shows notability.

What you did wrong: including so much content from the reviews of the song. That gets close to violating copyright. Delete about 3/4 of the content from the reviews; use only selected phrases. DS (talk) 01:26, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the feedback. Where did I use too much content so I can correct it? Thanks againMJC8104 (talk) 03:21, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Here, I did it for you. Consider also how I quoted reviews in the articles on "Painted" and "Periodically Double or Triple". DS (talk) 05:49, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

I thought it was ok to quote as long as I gave proper credits and added as a reference. I understand now and will see to quote less in the future, picking certain phrases and not using entire paragraphs. I greatly appreciate your help and guidance. MJC8104 (talk) 16:52, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

CoI?

You declared a connection, but have not stated what that connection is. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:41, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey Walter Görlitz. What else should I declare? I can't find additional fields within the template Connected Contributor to state what the connection is. MJC8104 (talk) 21:34, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Conflict of interest explains it, specifically at WP:DISCLOSE where it discusses the "UserboxCOI template", but only if you want to be outed that way. The thing is it's not clear what your CoI is so that's what I was trying to determine. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Walter Görlitz I understand now. Thank you. I added the template below the welcome section. I hope that clears up any CoI. It was recommended that I add it, by an Admin, when I told them that I have hung out with the band pre/post shows. I am not an employee, received/receiving payment or affiliated with them in any way. I guess I'm just a huge fan. MJC8104 (talk) 03:13, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

I believe you made a similar comment on the band article's talk page. I'm not sure being a fan is a CoI though, even one who follows the band closely. We have some serious fans of U2 who edit those articles and I'm sure super-fans of other artists do it on those articles. As long as you don't try to push the band's own point of view when editing, and stick to reliable sources, I think it would be safe to remove the CoI template on the article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:15, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Walter Görlitz. I'll go ahead and remove it. I just wanted to make sure I was following all the rules. MJC8104 (talk) 18:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)