Derek Mads

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December 2018

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Managing a conflict of interest

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

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But no, we haven't any conflict of interest. He is a writer, I am his reader, and I just help him to add public info - info about his new book and photo. That's all. I can't see what kind of interest and conflict here can be.