DaveApter

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Your COI disclaimer

I noticed the COI statement about Landmark on your user page. I wonder if it could be made more complete. The Landmark Worldwide article says they require "community projects", and if editing Wikipedia were (one of) your "community projects", then I think editors would like to know that. I'm sure you can imagine the difference between "I'm doing this because I love Wikipedia, and they have no idea that I've ever edited it" vs "They prefer us doing community projects that promote them in some way, so I told them I'd edit the Wikipedia articles about these subjects". WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:42, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

No, editing Wikipedia was never a "community project", and I am reasonably sure that proposing that would not be approved. They need to be real-world activities with groups of friends and acquaintances. For instance I arranged a small rock concert with some musician friends performing. Other examples are The Streatham Arts Festival and the New Milton Music Festival, both of which turned into long-running annual events. My motivation in editing the article is entirely to have Wikipedia be an accurate source of information in accordance with its foundational policies, rather than being hijacked as a hit piece. DaveApter (talk) 10:59, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Please also specify if you've volunteered for Landmark and related entities. Thank you, Polygnotus (talk) 05:15, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

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