User talk:AlfredoSfeirYounis

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Alfredo Sfeir when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 14:10, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, AlfredoSfeirYounis, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to The Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome!  VViking_TalkEdits 17:22, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

I acknowledge the concerns regarding verifiability. I would like to clarify that the recent update included official electoral data from SERVEL (the Chilean Electoral Service), World Bank institutional records, and academic ISBNs. I am prepared to provide further secondary source citations for any specific point that is considered 'original research' and I welcome guidance on which particular sections require more robust referencing to meet the community's standards. AlfredoSfeirYounis (talk) 17:30, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your previous message and for taking the time to explain Wikipedia's verifiability standards. I appreciate the guidance.

I have since made a further revision to the article that addresses several of the concerns raised. Specifically:

• Electoral data: The two references to SERVEL (the Chilean Electoral Service) that were previously incomplete have been replaced with properly formatted {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) templates pointing directly to SERVEL's official historical results portal.
• Bibliography: All book and article entries in the Selected bibliography section have been reformatted using {{cite book}}: Empty citation (help) and {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) templates, with ISBNs and URLs included where available. URLs that pointed to the subject's own website (neljorsa.com) have been retained only for bibliographic identification purposes, not as sources for article claims.
• Wikilinks: Internal links have been added throughout the article to connect concepts, institutions, and named individuals to their respective Wikipedia articles, including co-authors with confirmed Wikipedia pages (e.g. Ismail Serageldin, Daniel Bromley).

I recognize that some sections — particularly those describing roles at the World Bank and claims such as "first environmental economist" — may still require stronger independent secondary sources. I have opened a discussion on the article's Talk page to flag these specific points and invite community input on which statements need additional citation.

I am committed to following Wikipedia's guidelines and welcome any further specific feedback. — AlfredoSfeirYounis (talk) AlfredoSfeirYounis (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, AlfredoSfeirYounis. 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 conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. VViking_TalkEdits 19:50, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you again for your messages, VViking. I want to address both the COI concern and a factual misunderstanding.

First: I am not Alfredo Sfeir-Younis. I am a collaborator working on his behalf. My username was an error in judgment that I am correcting via a rename request at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. I have added a formal COI disclosure to my user page.

Second, I want to be transparent about what I was actually trying to do: the current article is a poorly sourced stub, and I have been attempting a complete rewrite based on a wide range of independent sources, including:

• Coverage in Chilean and international press
• Peer-reviewed academic publications co-authored with him
• Official World Bank documents and records
• Chilean Electoral Service (SERVEL) official data
• Audiovisual records (interviews, recorded lectures, news segments)

I understand that a full rewrite by a COI editor, done through direct editing, is not the correct process regardless of source quality. I should have started with the Talk page.

I am now moving to the correct procedure: I have drafted the full proposed article in my sandbox (User:AlfredoSfeirYounis/sandbox) and have opened a detailed discussion on the article's Talk page, where I list the independent sources and request review by uninvolved editors.

I will not make further direct edits to the article. Thank you for your patience. — AlfredoSfeirYounis (talk) AlfredoSfeirYounis (talk) 20:00, 25 March 2026 (UTC)