Camrynlc
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editHello, Camrynlc, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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- Thank you for taking interest in my work, I think you have misunderstood my work. Let me address each of your concerns individually. First and foremost, although I was in HUMA 295, my coursework has nothing to do with these edits. Moreever, I am however a scholar of Norse mythology and a research assistant on the MyNDIR project. I see your point that this could be viewed as a conflict of interest, so I will make this more explicit in my User Page. I assure you this is my personal account and I am the only person using it. There are other issues that need to be discussed regarding Annie Keary, but I will reply to those concerns on your original post. Thank you for flagging these issues. Camrynlc (talk) 22:48, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate your interest in Wikipedia, but I have questions about adding that link to this and other pages. First of all, "led by an expert"--that's something I guess, but still. The project page isn't very clear either: it took me forever to figure out that the project seems to be underwritten by a university. Also, I do not understand what Annie Keary has to do with Norse-ness, and that goes for a bunch of other articles as well. Second, the question is what these links add--some images? A case needs to be made, keeping in mind the guidelines at WP:EL. Third, don't add that "click on the thumbnail" or whatever text. If your page itself isn't clear, make it clear. Finally, and this is imperative, you NEED to properly declare your conflict of interest (you're in that HUMA 295 class) on your user page; follow the guidelines in WP:DISCLOSECOI. I can not let you continue until you do that. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 21:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for this feedback. MyNDIR is a scholarly resource hosted at the University of Victoria and University of Victoria libraries. To answer your question directly, Annie Keary is an important Victorian author who wrote about Norse mythology in The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology (1857) and the MyNDIR site contains the original images of her work. This is a clear case where her work is represented in this external site. I understand "click on the thumbnail" and the seriousness of the appearance of the conflict of interest, so I've stated my position as a scholar of Norse literature in my profile, as suggested. Thank you. Camrynlc (talk) 22:59, 13 December 2023 (UTC)