User talk:Ahelsinger

File permission problem with File:Dr Porter Roger Wu and Peter Chai at Rhode Island Hospital with Google Glass.jpg[edit]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Pristine.io (April 27)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Rider ranger47 was:

The name of the page should be Pristine, not "Pristine.io".

You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Rider ranger47 ^Talk 13:42, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Rider ranger47 ^Talk 13:42, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend reading WP:AT. Rider ranger47 ^Talk 17:44, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pristine (company) has been accepted[edit]

Pristine (company), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

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Joseph2302 (talk) 11:29, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SPA /COI[edit]

Hi Ahelsinger all your edits to date have been about Pristine (company) and are pretty promotional. This makes your account what we call a "single purpose account" and that you likely have a conflict of interest. (please see WP:SPA) I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some questions for you below.

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Question[edit]

Wikipedia is a scholarly project, and like all scholarly endeavors, disclosure of conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Wikipedia and retaining the public's trust in it.

While I am not asking you to disclose your identity (anonymity is strictly protecting by out WP:OUTING policy) would you please disclose if you have some relationship with Pristine? You can answer how ever you wish, but if there is a COI with regard to Dr Pristine, please disclose it. After you respond (and you can just reply below), perhaps we can talk a bit about editing Wikipedia, to give you some more orientation to how this place works. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jytdog. Thank you for your note. I am fairly new to Wikipedia, having only made minor edits in the past. I've met the team at Pristine and am passionate about how they are changing medicine. I wanted to make a full page on Wikipedia before, but wanted to make sure I had substantial content for the page. Originally, I was looking for as many sources as I could find in order to make the page more credible, but was advised by another editor to remove some links that were press releases. Hindsight is 20/20 and I understand and agree that those were promotional.

I think it is notable that Pristine is the one that was the first smart glasses technology to be used in an emergency room. Also, they're technology was peer reviewed by doctors in the JAMA Dermatology Journal (http://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2250434). Of course, it is only my opinion, but I felt that these two aspects made the page much more interesting and relevant to medical technology and wearables than the breastfeeding section on the Smartglasses page. Perhaps that was an incorrect comparison.

I welcome any advice and guidance about how Wikipedia works, operationally and otherwise, and hope to begin contributing to the community more.

Thanks again, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahelsinger (talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 May 2015‎ (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for replying! Very happy to discuss more but you didn't quite answer. So first things first - what is your relationship with Pristine? thanks again! Jytdog (talk) 21:42, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. I started helping them do some market research a few weeks ago. That's when I noticed there wasn't a lot of information out there about it, so I started creating a page when I saw the peer reviewed Journal article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahelsinger (talk • contribs) 22:30, 5 May 2015‎ (UTC) [reply]

thanks... so, still looking for the relationship. Here are some possible options: a) you are an employee of Pristine; b) you are working for equity for Pristine (not employee but part owner); c) you are a contractor to Pristine: d) you are interning with Pristine: e) you are doing volunteer work for Pristine. Looking for the relationship. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 22:56, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha, I was just brought in as an employee.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahelsinger (talk • contribs) 23:04, 5 May 2015‎ (UTC) [reply]

thank you! OK, now we can roll. Conflict of interest in managed in two ways - by disclosure (which you just started to do, thanks again), and then by a form of peer review. Disclosure first. Per the Terms of Use as described above, you need to disclose each edit you make as part of your job. The best practice there, is:

a) to put the disclosure on your userpage (here: User:Ahelsinger). Something like "I am employee of Pristine"
b) note there, the articles you already edited as part of that work
c) make a note on the Talk pages of the articles you already edited as part of that work

that is all to deal with what you have done already. The disclosure part. (i just did some more of that at Pristine (company))

d) going forward, please do not edit articles directly where you have a conflict. Instead, make an "edit request" on the article Talk page. I just added a bit, to the beige box at the top of the Pristine Talk page - there is a big exclamation point, and next to it, text that says "Individuals acting on behalf of this person or organization are strongly advised not to edit the article. Click here to request corrections or suggest content, or contact us if the issue is urgent." If you click where it says "click here", the wikipedia software will create an edit request for you; type what you want in there, save it, and the edit request will appear on the page. A notice will appear at the WP:COIN to alert the community that a request has been made. Someone will see that, come and look at your suggestion, and if it complies with our policies and guidelines, it will be implemented.

Those are the two ways that we ensure the integrity of articles. I am going to back over your contributions and make edit requests for the changes you wanted, to other articles, so you don't have to worry about that. I have also posted a notice to COIN, to get others to review the Pristine article. Does all that make sense? Thanks again for talking. Jytdog (talk) 23:20, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In general, it all makes sense. Thanks. I'll make sure to request corrections when there is any potential for conflicts. Thanks for submitting to COIN and making edit request for the other two edits. Ahelsinger (talk) 13:40, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion[edit]

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you.

As i mentioned, am just posting at COIN to facilitate getting the Pristine article revivewed, and the other two edit requests checked. Jytdog (talk) 23:37, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2 additional things[edit]

Hi Ahelsinger, two additional things.

Your userpage right now reads like an ad. You refer to yourself in the third person, and it sounds like you are selling yourself. Userpages are just to talk to other Wikipedians. Say hi, say what you think is important about being here, what you are up to there, etc. And yes, disclose any conflicts you have. Right now the page is subject to deletion, for being too advertisement-y. Please have a look at our policy on userpages, here: WP:USERPAGE.

i didn't fuss about this above, but please sign your posts. to do that, you just type four tildas at the end ~~~~ like that, and the wikipedia software turns that into a link to your user and talk pages, and makes a datestamp. just part of the etiquette here, like please and thank you. you already started to get the indenting thing down with a colon, i noticed! Jytdog (talk) 23:41, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]