User talk:Sparticusmaximus

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Possible COI - Mark Willacy?

Hello, Sparticusmaximus. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Mark Willacy, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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The reason I wanted to question you regarding COI is because I have seen you have a made a small number of contributions on Wikipedia articles, and upon investigation most appear to be DIRECTLY related journalism by Mark Willacy around the same time period. For example your edits, such as this one:[1] to Paul Pisasale, may also be related to this news article by Mark Willacy:[2]; and your edit[3] to Luke Smith (politician) may be related to Willacy's published news piece:[4] Please review the WP:COI policy and advise if you have any potential conflict of interest. Thank you, Aeonx (talk) 11:55, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

The edits you refer to occurred two years prior to my recent edits on the Mark Willacy page. My citation of Mark Willacy articles in other edits is related to my interest in documenting a record of local government corruption and entirely unrelated to my recent edits to the Mark Willacy page. Mark Willacy is an investigative reporter with a large number of publications. The use of such sources is not evidence of any COI. I am not Mark Willacy, nor am I a friend, colleague or family member, and I have no interests (financial or otherwise) in his work. I see you have opened discussion on the topic on the Talk:Mark_Willacy page. This is the appropriate way to address edits you disagree with. Slandering those who dispute your edits with circumstantially based ad hominem insinuations is not. Sparticusmaximus (talk) 13:36, 16 November 2021 (UTC)