User talk:CAMorgan3rd

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Conflict of interest concern

Hello CAMorgan3rd. I just wanted to mention that a notice has been posted at the conflict of interest noticeboard regarding edits you have made at the Charles A. Morgan, III article. Concern was raised regarding the similarity of your username and the nature of your edits to the article. This isn't a complaint or warning, but I was hoping that you might help clarify matters by giving your input at the noticeboard to explain what connection you may have to Dr. Morgan, if any. Thank you. -- Atama頭 17:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of interest and autobiography

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Charles A. Morgan, III, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:20, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Greetings!

I was the contributor who raised a concern over a possible conflict of interest on your part. As a newcomer to the wikipedia you couldn't be expected to know our policies. We attempted to draw them to your attention, and give you a chance to respond. You haven't done so -- maybe you haven't noticed.

The advice I was given included:

Per WP:V, our policy is "verifiability, not truth", so if a reliable source has a claim then it should be included in the article ... Since the editor disputes the information, that editor should discuss the matter ... If the editor doesn't want to discuss matters then I would suggest reinserting it. Again, being "false" isn't our concern, verifiability is. Ultimately it's up to CAMorgand3rd to produce another source contradicting the NYT. Even if that can be found, it would still be a good idea to say that he was accused of being sponsored by the CIA but that the accusations are contested and/or untrue.

I am going to take the other contributor's advice and reinsert some of the material you removed. I remain willing to discuss your concerns at Talk:Charles A. Morgan, III.

I noticed the contributor who offered me that advice made a mistake. They thought the NYTimes said you had a connection to the CIA. But the NYTimes didn't say that. It said you had connections to SERE training. It was other references that indicated you had a connection to the CIA.

I am going to address some questions to you, but over on Talk:Charles A. Morgan, III.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 10:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)