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Single purpose account WP:SPA creating one article about a web-based organization and then introducing multiple links to that article in African American history articles not mentioning the organization and making no other edits adding any information about African American history suggest a possible conflict of interest WP:COI. Abby Kelleyite ( talk) 18:06, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I have added sources and an additional reference, and removed any text that could be considered bias. I'm hoping this is now acceptable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwgarner ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
For clarity, I am one of the 500 pro bono historians who have researched and written entries to blackpast.org. Cwgarner ( talk) 23:08, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
To clarify this once again, I am one of the hundreds of volunteer researchers/writers that have contributed entries to BlackPast.org. I have never been involved in any promotional activities on social sites like Facebook or Twitter for this or any other organization, and I have never received any compensation from Blackpast.org. I have a long history of performing countless volunteer and pro bono services for nonprofit organizations in the field of education, and none of those activities have involved advertising, promotion or public relations. Further, I have nothing to gain from the publication of the BlackPast.org entry on Wikipedia. My intent for this entry was to tell the story of the development of a unique educational resource and perhaps inspire others to do the same. Having said that, I have struggled, as you can see, from the lack of published information on the organization to use as sources. I agree with you that relying on an organization's website for statistics can be limiting, and I will continue to pursue additional sources. I will clean up the positioning of the footnote numbers to align more properly with the sourced material in an effort to improve your confidence in the article. Cwgarner ( talk) 22:34, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
I also don't understand why this entry is being held to higher standards than other entries. For instance the entry for Special Libraries Association only has one footnote, at the end of the article, and it refers to the organization's website. All of the external links are back to the organization's website as well. Please provide feedback on this apparent inconsistency.GreeneJeans 12:56, 9 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwgarner ( talk • contribs)
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Single purpose account WP:SPA creating one article about a web-based organization and then introducing multiple links to that article in African American history articles not mentioning the organization and making no other edits adding any information about African American history suggest a possible conflict of interest WP:COI. Abby Kelleyite ( talk) 18:06, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I have added sources and an additional reference, and removed any text that could be considered bias. I'm hoping this is now acceptable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwgarner ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
For clarity, I am one of the 500 pro bono historians who have researched and written entries to blackpast.org. Cwgarner ( talk) 23:08, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
To clarify this once again, I am one of the hundreds of volunteer researchers/writers that have contributed entries to BlackPast.org. I have never been involved in any promotional activities on social sites like Facebook or Twitter for this or any other organization, and I have never received any compensation from Blackpast.org. I have a long history of performing countless volunteer and pro bono services for nonprofit organizations in the field of education, and none of those activities have involved advertising, promotion or public relations. Further, I have nothing to gain from the publication of the BlackPast.org entry on Wikipedia. My intent for this entry was to tell the story of the development of a unique educational resource and perhaps inspire others to do the same. Having said that, I have struggled, as you can see, from the lack of published information on the organization to use as sources. I agree with you that relying on an organization's website for statistics can be limiting, and I will continue to pursue additional sources. I will clean up the positioning of the footnote numbers to align more properly with the sourced material in an effort to improve your confidence in the article. Cwgarner ( talk) 22:34, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
I also don't understand why this entry is being held to higher standards than other entries. For instance the entry for Special Libraries Association only has one footnote, at the end of the article, and it refers to the organization's website. All of the external links are back to the organization's website as well. Please provide feedback on this apparent inconsistency.GreeneJeans 12:56, 9 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwgarner ( talk • contribs)