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Hello, I'm Happysailor. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Cranial electrotherapy stimulation with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Misplaced Pages with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. - Happysailor 15:45, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
Conflict of interest in Misplaced Pages
Hi ColumbiaLion212. Along with working on health related content in Misplaced Pages I work a lot on conflict of interest issues.
Your account is what we call a single purpose account and your edits are promotional for Cranial electrotherapy stimulation. I'm giving you notice of our Conflict of Interest guideline and Terms of Use, and will have some questions for you below.
Hello, ColumbiaLion212. We welcome your contributions to Misplaced Pages, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Misplaced Pages, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.
All editors are required to comply with Misplaced Pages's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.
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For information on how to contribute to Misplaced Pages when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.
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Misplaced Pages is a widely-used reference work and managing conflict of interest is essential for ensuring the integrity of Misplaced Pages and retaining the public's trust in it. As in academia, COI is managed here in two steps - disclosure and a form of peer review.
Disclosure is the most important, and first, step. Would you please let me know if you have any relationship with companies selling Cranial electrotherapy stimulation devices?
You can reply here - I am watching this page. Once you do, we can take it from there. Thanks in advance for talking! Jytdog (talk) 15:02, 20 July 2015 (UTC)