Dear All if this is the wrong place to post this, please accept my apologies.
If a scientist has published works - papers and books - on a specific area of expertise, and that scientist is also a Wikipedia editor, USING a made up username 1. can they use/ cite their own works as sources and base arguments on those sources? 2. should they disclose somewhere (user page) that they are in fact the author of the works? This would mean that the link between username and real name would be established. 3. If they have a close relationship with a major source - such as Britannica, CIA fact book, National Geographic - and repeatedly use and defend the use of that source, should they disclose the relationship? By close relationship I mean they are part of the team of expert consultants, they are otherwise involved in the reegular activities of the publisher, they defend the publisher in public foruns on the internet, they publish regularly in the name of the publisher. 4. And if said user denies that they are the same person as the author, depite overwhelming proof in the WP and the internet? Does any of these situations constitute a conflict of interests and should they come clean and disclose the association? Any constructive constributions via the list or directly to my address will be welcome. Regards, Rui Correia -- _________________________ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 _______________ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
