MetaEthicist20037
potential conflict of interest
editHi, I was just wondering: Do you have a relationship to Grinnell College? That is, are you a student, alum, are you employed by GC or do you live nearby? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 12:17, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, I actually have no relation to the school. I research title ix cases and had been reading about the grinnell story and thought to add to the page. MetaEthicist20037 (talk) 14:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. It's odd, because you say you "research title ix cases" but you have written about them nowhere else. What other title ix cases (besides Grinnell) have you written about for Wikipedia? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 19:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Oh sorry I wasn't clear. I haven't written anything else for Wikipedia about title ix. I am just doing a research project on Title IX for school. I go to cornell in New York, and am from Illinois. I have no connection to Grinnell. I just enjoy wikipedia! MetaEthicist20037 (talk) 20:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Glad to have you. Watch out for plagiarism, though. Lots of the text you put on the Grinnell page was copied from other sources without proper attribution. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- For sure that was my mistake. I've fixed it now. I appreciate the help. MetaEthicist20037 (talk) 20:44, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Glad to have you. Watch out for plagiarism, though. Lots of the text you put on the Grinnell page was copied from other sources without proper attribution. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Oh sorry I wasn't clear. I haven't written anything else for Wikipedia about title ix. I am just doing a research project on Title IX for school. I go to cornell in New York, and am from Illinois. I have no connection to Grinnell. I just enjoy wikipedia! MetaEthicist20037 (talk) 20:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. It's odd, because you say you "research title ix cases" but you have written about them nowhere else. What other title ix cases (besides Grinnell) have you written about for Wikipedia? -- Melchior2006 (talk) 19:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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