Barryloewer

August 2009

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 16:55, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

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Hi, don't worry too much about the item above, which is automatically generated when it seems likely that people have created articles about themselves. I looked over your article and don't see any real problems with it -- what would be nice, though, would be to add references to the publications that are mentioned in the article. Regards, Looie496 (talk) 17:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I generated the coi warning because it's usually apt when someone authors an autobiographical article, sans references. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 19:05, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake, there's also a bot that does that (based on similarity of article title and editor's name) and I just assumed without looking. Looie496 (talk) 19:16, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

No sweat. Given the subject's position and publication history the article looks to be a keeper, but there are some passages of self-description, accurate though they may be, which could use citations. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 19:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Given your scholarship, Barry Loewer, you can stay on Wikipedia. However, you should avoid editing your own article. Bearian (talk) 22:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)