User talk:Rslit

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August 2022[edit]

Hello, I'm Spf121188. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Peter Baker (journalist), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. SPF121188 ^{(talk this way)} ^(contribs) 15:51, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflict of interest[edit]

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 14:50, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I really appreciate all the advice I've been given. I'm new to Wikipedia, so this is great information for me to have!

An article I edited, with citations, has been flagged with a possible conflict of interest (i.e. me). Can this flag be removed if my changes are deleted?

Did not mean to break any rules, I just didn't realize I was a COI.

In the future, how can these changes be made?

Again, thank you to everyone who has helped guide me through the process. Rslit (talk) 13:52, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request: Peter Baker (journalist)[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. Moved to Talk:Peter Baker (journalist)

First, to disclose COI, these edits have come at the request of the page's subject, Peter Baker. I am not being paid to make these changes. Full disclosure, I originally made edits myself, not understanding the editing process. All changes have been reverted to the original, which I am now hoping to change through the correct channels.

Please change "An updated and greatly expanded version of the Obama book will be published as a regular book in May 2019. He and Glasser also wrote a biography of former Secretary of State James A. Baker III published by Doubleday in 2020." to "An updated and greatly expanded version of the Obama book was published as a regular book in May 2019. He and Glasser also wrote The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III, published by Doubleday in 2020, a New York Times Bestseller (source: Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Oct. 18, 2020 (nytimes.com)), winner of the Arthur Ross Book Award (source: “The Price of Peace”: Biography of John Maynard Keynes Wins Prestigious Arthur Ross Book Award (cfr.org)) and praised by The Washington Post (source: Book review of The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser - The Washington Post), New York Times (source: Book Review: ‘The Man Who Ran Washington,’ by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser - The New York Times (nytimes.com)), Financial Times (source: The Man Who Ran Washington — an enthralling biography of James Baker | Financial Times (ft.com)), Fortune (source: The best books of 2020, according to Fortune staff | Fortune) and Bloomberg (source: 2020 Best Books on Business and Leadership (bloomberg.com). Baker and Glasser have also written The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021, to be published by Doubleday in September 2022 (source: The Divider by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser: 9780385546539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books). Rslit (talk) 15:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You should post this on Talk:Peter Baker (journalist) rather than here. Thank you, |Madeline. 15:54, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shoot, I thought I had. Thank you! Rslit (talk) 16:27, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]