User talk:Tamara McNowers

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Please note that your change to Philip Morris does not comply with Wikipedia's style of using hyphens; WP:HYPHEN states "Avoid using a hyphen after a standard -ly adverb (a newly available home, a wholly owned subsidiary)". Happy editing! Chris the speller ^yack 17:34, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest in Wikipedia[edit]

Hi Tamara McNowers. Hi xxxx I work on conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia, along with my regular editing, which is mostly about health and medicine. Your edits to date are focused on Philip Morris and its products and are somewhat promotional. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some comments and requests for you below.

Hello, Tamara McNowers. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
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Comments and requests[edit]

Wikipedia is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review. Please note that there is no bar to being part of the Wikipedia community if you want to be involved in articles where you have a conflict of interest; there are just some things we ask you to do (and if you are paid, some things you need to do).

Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by our WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some connection with the tobacco industry or PRI, directly or through a third party (e.g. a PR agency or the like)? You can answer how ever you wish (giving personally identifying information or not), but if there is a connection, please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), I can walk you through how the "peer review" part happens and then, if you like, I can provide you with some more general orientation as to how this place works. Please reply here, just below, to keep the discussion in one place. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 21:27, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have no direct or indirect link with any tobacco company. How do you see detailing the intimidation tactics of Philip Morris International and the danger of their products as promotional?
Tamara McNowers (talk) 21:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Hi - thanks, yes, i was just coming back to flip the question after having looked further -- your edits are "promotional" in the sense of adding mostly negative content. So i flip the question - do you have any connections with groups opposing tobacco? Sorry about that mistake. Jytdog (talk) 21:58, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

January 2018[edit]

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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I noticed your recent edit to Departments of France does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! Eric ^talk 00:32, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]