Fjparker
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Hello, Fjparker, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Portfolio theory, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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- @RegentsPark: Thank you for the message! I am very new to all of this, so I do appreciate the resources you've provided. I am glad y'all have a conflicts of interest policy and I would like to stay well clear of violating it. I do work in finance and I am an active academic researcher on the topic of goals-based investing, but I do not believe anything I have written/edited is conflicted. Even so, I will of course defer to more experienced users. If I do write a draft for you or another editor to review, where should I post it? Fjparker (talk) 15:08, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Fjparker. The easiest way to steer clear of the COI policy is to not cite your own work directly. I notice you've added content to Goal-based investing, some of which cites your own work while some doesn't (btw, one of the sources you use is a corporate site, you should probably avoid those as well because we prefer peer reviewed sources). You can add the work of others but, for your own work, suggest a change (like your Portfolio theory ones) on the talk page - making your COI clear - and let someone else add them to the article. Since you have expertise in these areas, your contributions will be useful, but best to keep them conflict free!--RegentsPark (comment) 17:07, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
- @RegentsPark: Ok, that makes sense! I will pull my own work from the references list in Goal-based investing and put them on the "talk page" for another editor to add should they see fit. The corporate link was in the original article and it isn't very good, so I am glad to hear our thinking is aligned there. In addition, I'll add my suggestions on the talk page of Portfolio theory. Again, thank you for taking the time to help me navigate all of this. I admit, I am a bit overwhelmed by the "behind the scenes" of Wikipedia. Hopefully, I can add a little value here. Fjparker (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Fjparker. The easiest way to steer clear of the COI policy is to not cite your own work directly. I notice you've added content to Goal-based investing, some of which cites your own work while some doesn't (btw, one of the sources you use is a corporate site, you should probably avoid those as well because we prefer peer reviewed sources). You can add the work of others but, for your own work, suggest a change (like your Portfolio theory ones) on the talk page - making your COI clear - and let someone else add them to the article. Since you have expertise in these areas, your contributions will be useful, but best to keep them conflict free!--RegentsPark (comment) 17:07, 23 July 2020 (UTC)