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The biography of a scientist (Mark J. Poznansky) needs to be updated to past tense for different board positions that he has held, now that he has retired. I am unsure how to cite this properly, as I have actually received the request from Mark, but it has not been published anywhere else.Kjim79 (talk) 19:28, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can't without published sources to confirm the retirement. This is not negotiable. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{Source assessment notes} 19:34, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I'm completely new to this so I appreciate your help so much.

Now if they were to update their LinkedIn, this also would not work as it is self-published, correct? Kjim79 (talk) 20:31, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, as you have a conflict of interest you should not edit the article directly, but make requests on the article's Talk page. I will post the conflict of interest guidance below. You might also find WP:BOSS useful. Please don't post the descriptions of the books again, as this is a copyright violation. Tacyarg (talk) 20:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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August 2023

Your edit to Mark J. Poznansky has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Tacyarg (talk) 20:32, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Kjim79. 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 J. Poznansky, 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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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 20:39, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]