User talk:Pkb3000

August 2022

Hello, I'm ScottishFinnishRadish. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Talk:Artforum have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, Pkb3000, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Hello, thanks for reaching out. I wanted to reply re: the suggestion of "conflict of interest." I am a professional editor with nearly a decade of experience, and have an established volume of interviews I've conducted and published with the artists that are the subject of all the articles I've edited on Wikipedia. I have no contact with them beyond our professional interaction for the sake of those commissioned assignments that resulted in the published articles. The articles I have added citations for are important for their documentation of the artist's own words on their artistic practices, and histories, either contemporaneous with or recalling crucial periods in their careers. These citations are only "conflicts of interest" to the same extent that the book "Race After the Internet," published by the academic publisher Routledge in 2012, features "conflicts of interest" when scholar Danah Boyd's article in the anthology cites, in the references list for her own article, a number of her previously published, relevant articles. This is not uncommon in academic publishing. I'm not even claiming authorship of the Wikipedia articles in question, simply contributing to them with relevant material, and yes, sometimes I have produced that material. If I hadn't, do you know who would have? Have you interviewed anyone for a professional publication? The interviewer matters, they can lead people to say what they might not have said on their own, producing more illuminating reflections that benefit a reader interested in them and their work. Furthermore, would Wikipedia have editorial standards that exceed that of Routledge? I cite this as but one example. Another would be the fact that marathon sessions to edit Wikipedia, to include more women, have been a phenomenon of recent years, perhaps you've heard of this? There are certainly biases that Wikipedia editors may not be immune to that would lead them to see women adding citations to enhance the record of women's accomplishments—for both accuracy, and to flesh out an understanding of their context—as perhaps "biased." Any study of the history of women's art over the past century would show you, though, that if women did not say what their accomplishments were, no one else would have done so. In that light, how is adding quotations of what artists said about their own work, for a verified publication of note, not up to Wikipedia standards? The information on them is otherwise vague, even inaccurate—that's why these interviews were conducted in the first place, in order to establish a reliable record! There wouldn't be a record to cite otherwise, if people like me weren't working on producing such for Wikipedia to cite and quote from. I haven't added my own take, as it were, on their work to the articles, I added what they said about what they had done, or were interested in, influenced by, etc.

I ask that my changes be reinstated. I am not being employed or compensated by the subjects of the articles, nor presently by the publications where the articles I wish to cite first appeared. These artists deserve better. Thank you. Pkb3000 (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Pkb3000, I'll put this bluntly. Almost every edit you've made has in some way mentioned or cited one Paige K. Bradley. Your username includes the initials "PKB". We weren't born yesterday. If your only purpose here is to cite yourself, that is quite inappropriate (from the linked policy: ...adding numerous references to work published by yourself and none by other researchers is considered to be a form of spamming.). If you would like to add more citations to your own work, please make edit requests, being clear that you are the author of the work in question. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:19, 14 August 2022 (UTC)