User talk:Cmichel67

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I also note that you appear to have edited your own Wikipedia article. I think it would be good if you took a thorough look at (at least) the following WP policies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure.

I note that you were asked about potential conflicts of interest 7 years ago but didn't reply. It would be much appreciated if you could address my comment here. AncientWalrus (talk) 09:21, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, AncientWalrus. Thank you for your note. I receive no pay whatsoever for these portraits, nor are my expenses covered. I volunteer for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine and make photos of scientists, engineers, and leaders in medicine that I admire -- and give away all the photos under creative commons attribution licenses. No one asks me to make their photos nor to update their pages. Cmichel67 (talk) 23:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I inserted a crucial missing word in the comment left by AncientWalrus.--FeralOink (talk) 15:37, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You have an obvious conflict of interest:

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Ok. I'm learning. I will not edit my page. Thank you. Cmichel67 (talk) 16:12, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. You may have one already, or at least considered, getting a book of your photographs together. Wikipedians who've authored books may be a good category, I'm not sure if there is a related category but probably should be (just thought of that, I knew there was a reason I came here to mention that). Thanks for your large contribution of your work to Commons and Wikipedia! Randy Kryn (talk) 14:35, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I've done 5 books - the first, The Military Advantage, by Simon & Schuster. The other 4 are photography books. I am working on a new book called, "FAR" with author Pico Iyer. Cmichel67 (talk) 14:48, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you would certainly be in the category. The books should be mentioned in the discussed article. I hope you enjoy success with the fifth one-for-the-thumb photography book. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:28, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Pico Iyer is one of my heroes so am particularly excite about this one. Cmichel67 (talk) 15:29, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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• AncientWalrus, you better have some evidence for such a serious charge. And is it just that one user? That's not OK, but it's also not that much. Drmies (talk) 00:44, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Sure, evidence is that BWJones is an SPA who made 5 edits 16-18 years ago, then came back to vote keep with the argument "vandalism". BWJones knows the subject of the article as evidence here. Of course, this could just be a coincidence, that BWJones happened to stumble on the AfD. However, the subject of the article, Cmichel67 is very active themselves on the AfD (probably >50% of words there), see [1]. On the balance of probabilities, I consider it likely that Cmichel67 contacted BWJones off-wiki, which is what

  WP:STEALTH is about. This is just a warning, it's not a block, so the evidence doesn't have to be beyond reasonable doubt, as far as I'm aware. AncientWalrus (talk) 00:55, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply

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Hi Cmichel67! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Kj cheetham (talk) 15:13, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for the clarification and help. good to know! Cmichel67 (talk) 00:11, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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