Tusf1

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Tusf1. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Carmen Chu, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. SmartSE (talk) 23:15, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello SmartSE, I'm actually a student at a near by University and I took a Public Administration class and part of the class was gathering information on multiple individuals that are currently holding office in San Francisco County. It was basically to see where they came from and their political career through the years and look at the leadership experience and things of that nature. During that time I saw that there was very little information on the article Carmen Chu. I thought it would be helpful to add some of the information I collected to make the article more complete for other users. I just went over some of the rules you shared with me.

Ok thank you for the explanation. I presumed you to have a conflict of interest because the article had previously attracted editors that were certainly linked to the subject, so it was natural to assume that you were also, especially given the nature of your edits. SmartSE (talk) 21:19, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Totally understand the mix up, especially if it has occurred before. Just completed the Public Administration class so I wont have any further edits to make.