Hi Gary the Gary! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a specific definition on Wikipediaโit refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Brocade River Poems (She/They)09:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Gary the Gary! I've recently noticed that almost all of your contributions add content sourced from the same publication and author. While individually these edits wouldn't violate Wikipedia's editing policy, the cumulative sum of these parts has led me to believe you have an apparent conflict of interest.
To summarize what this means for you as an editor and how it can affect you, a conflict of interest on Wikipedia means that you have a personal connection to the subject of your edit. This can involve editing content that addresses yourself, your business, your country, etc. The reason why this is frowned upon heavily here is because Wikipedia's primary objective is to present the facts as neutrally as possible, and bias influences the reason why you make edits in the manner you do.
Internal preferences and prejudices are an unavoidable but manageable part of life for everyone. However, personal connection often manifests as advertising, promoting a certain view of the subject, or simply using the platform to increase your visibility. In your situation, there is reasonable evidence to assume you have a conflict of interest in relation to the Korea Times and the "scholar and cultural critic David Tizzard". By only using articles from the publication and author in question, it is a logical conclusion that you have done so because of whatever benefit is gained from increasing the visibility of the subject and their views. Sirocco745 (talk) 10:06, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm honestly surprised to see a response this quickly, but it's great to see! Do note that while you don't necessarily have to remove these COI edits, it would be greatly appreciated if you did so regardless. Also! You can add {{User_COI}} to your userpage to publicly declare that you have a conflict of interest. The template has some extra parameters, but for you, this is what I would recommend:
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