User talk:Culturalresearchproject
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August 2025
Hi Culturalresearchproject! I noticed that you recently made an edit at Homonormativity and marked it as "minor", but it may not have been. On Wikipedia, "minor edit" refers only to superficial edits that could never be disputed, such as fixing typos or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Seercat3160 (talk) 05:22, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for letting me know. Is there a way that I should revisit the change to mark it as major (or not minor)? Culturalresearchproject (talk) 05:52, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- There's no way to do that, but don't worry about it. One other thing, though: do you have any connection of any kind to Timothy Laurie or Hannah Stark? You seem to be adding quite a number of references to works they've authored, and I feel it could be interpreted as some kind of spam, and Wikipedia has a policy about conflict of interest editing. And by the way, minor nitpick: you can provide the DOI for journal articles you're citing (if there is one) using a template parameter of the cite templates, for example
|doi=10.1000/182. It's preferred over (just) URLs. You can see WP:CT for more about those. Seercat3160 (talk) 08:51, 19 August 2025 (UTC)- Thanks for that info!
- I don't know those authors personally, but I'll be mindful about diversifying readings in future. It is just easier to add from readings as I read them, but agree - could look spammy!
- On DOIs - that's good to know. I can add them too, but the URLs are still helpful, as they link to openly available content. Otherwise paywalls block the articles at the DOI sites, which seems against the spirit of freely shared info and would make it hard for anyone to cross-check the articles cited. Culturalresearchproject (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- There's no way to do that, but don't worry about it. One other thing, though: do you have any connection of any kind to Timothy Laurie or Hannah Stark? You seem to be adding quite a number of references to works they've authored, and I feel it could be interpreted as some kind of spam, and Wikipedia has a policy about conflict of interest editing. And by the way, minor nitpick: you can provide the DOI for journal articles you're citing (if there is one) using a template parameter of the cite templates, for example
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Happy editing! Seercat3160 (talk) 05:23, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Culturalresearchproject. 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:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 23:10, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Culturalresearchproject: Please do not cite yourself or people you have a personal or professional relationship with. If not, feel free to add some of them back, but only when the claims aren't sourced by something else already, and please diversify your sourcing. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 23:17, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Also, if you are being made to edit Wikipedia for a school assignment as implied by your username, you have to disclose that as well. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 23:20, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for getting in touch. This concern has already been raised by another user (on my Talk history) and I have since diversified sources. I prioritise linking to open access academic sources, especially on pages where the citations lead primarily to sources behind paywalls. If there is a particular edit or citation that you think is inappropriate, I'm happy to revisit and review. Culturalresearchproject (talk) 23:49, 26 August 2025 (UTC)