User talk:Macaellagray

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Macaellagray. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Ben Sakoguchi, 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. Bbb23 (talk) 14:56, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi there,

I would appreciate further clarity on what the conflict of interest is in my edits to Ben Sakoguchi's page. I do not know the artist personally but appreciate his work as a third party.

Thank you! Macaellagray (talk) 21:38, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

July 2023

Please stop. If you continue to add promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ben Sakoguchi, you may be blocked from editing. Bbb23 (talk) 20:54, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Can you please explain why what I am writing is considered promotional material? I am citing scholarly sources and archival documents which are generally considered reputable and reliable sources. Macaellagray (talk) 21:01, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

The language you're adding is promotional, and the references to all those artists is not relevant to the subject of the article. It has to do with that gallery and does not belong in the article. You claim not to be affiliated with Sakoguchi. Why are you so interested? Are you affiliated with the gallery, something indirectly related to Sakoguchi? Other than one edit in December 2022, it's the only article you've edited, and it's not an article that attracts much attention. You're getting perilously close to being blocked for your edits. I strongly suggest you pull back and leave the article alone.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:16, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

I will leave the article alone because you seemingly have a personal interest in the page. But just so you are aware the Cejee Gallery is not an active institution so there isn't any possibility that I would be promoting it or affiliated with it. It is merely just an understudied historical gallery that supported a lot of artists in the 1960s and 70s and is relevant to Sakoguchi's history and influences as an artist. ` Macaellagray (talk) 21:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Additionally, in the scholarly sources I cited, that gallery and those artists are often mentioned when scholars and historians talk about Sakoguchi. Macaellagray (talk) 21:38, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Just to be clear, I have zero interest in the page. I stumbled across it and your edits to it, that's all. I'm an administrator here; I rarely have a "personal interest" in any article. My job - or at least one of my jobs - is to protect Wikipedia from disruption (in the broadest sense). Thank you for agreeing to leave the article alone.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:14, 28 July 2023 (UTC)