User talk:Dr. Michael Pearce

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Happy editing! JarrahTree 02:11, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

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S0091 (talk) 15:21, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for creating the article. There is no telling how many people on this earth are walking around with his work tattooed on their bodies. Now you need to go through all the articles that mention him and add the blue link. S0091 (talk) 15:31, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Dr. Michael Pearce (talk) 16:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC) My pleasure! This is very satisfying. I'll do that. :) Dr. Michael Pearce (talk) 16:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Dr. Michael Pearce. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Hi Michael, if you are creating an article on a subject to which you have a conflict of interest, please use AfC and make the appropriate declarations. S0091 (talk) 16:37, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you - I’ve posted a request for editing. I hope I’m doing this correctly. I’ll be sure to avoid the same mistake in future. 2603:8001:B500:C74E:F523:9971:4148:2848 (talk) 18:27, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Michael what is your connection to the people you've written about? I'm not asking to incriminate you, I'm just trying to figure out if you're actually in position of conflict of interest or not. Cheers. JBchrch talk 19:02, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

@JBchrch: I think this is fair question to ask and perhaps I should have been more clear in my note. Michael, it really depends on the relationship you have with a subject and how that may impact your editing about them so please read WP:EXTERNALREL and the sections below it, if you have not already. We do not want you to do through hoops if it not necessary. JBchrch, after Micheal determines one way or the other, is that sufficient you think? S0091 (talk) 20:05, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

I've read the WP:EXTERNALREL link carefully. I have no COI with the Jacaeber Kastor entry, or the Zoltron entry. However, I may now have a COI with the Brian Chambers entry. I write art editorial for art magazines and blogs. I'm a “subject-matter expert” in the field of contemporary art. Recently I wrote a story about NFT's (which is cited in the Chambers entry) and interviewed Chambers. He's quite a character, and I subsequently interviewed him again, and wrote a profile piece about him which will be published this month. I often check Wikipedia when I begin researching a story, and saw that he didn't have an entry, so I put one together. I got on well with him, he liked my work on the stories, and he is now paying me to write a press release and story for him about a show he is opening at his gallery next month. I don’t think there is any bias in the wiki entry I wrote about him – he’s surely a notable person – but at this point I think I may have to remove myself from any further editing to it. Dr. Michael Pearce (talk) 12:41, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Michael. If you are ever unsure, you can post a note at the Conflicts of interest noticeboard or ask at the Teahouse. You may also consider leveraging/joining WikiProject Visual Arts. S0091 (talk) 22:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)