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<big>'''Alt-med and COI'''</big> | |||
I am a retired acupuncturist. Some editors have suggested that simply having an alt-med profession automatically confers a ] (COI) when editing articles about one's profession. | |||
I am a retired acupuncturist. The alt-med part of my life is over now and I earn income outside of alt-med. For reference, here are my pre-retirement comments: | |||
Per ''']''' (in which I was flattered to be much-discussed), WP community consensus is that '''simply having a profession does not create a COI for that profession, including ] professions such as acupuncture.''' | |||
Some editors have suggested that simply having an alt-med profession automatically confers a ] (COI) when editing articles about one's profession. Community consensus (per '''],''' in which I was flattered to be much-discussed) is that this is not the case. In the words of one of the closing admins: {{green|"The result of the RfC was that an alt-med practitioner does not have a COI just because of the fact of them being an alt-med practitioner."}} | |||
For a good summary of what COI is and isn't, see ''']''' and the immediately following section ''']''', which I discussed in . | For a good summary of what COI is and isn't, see ''']''' and the immediately following section ''']''', which I discussed in . |
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Alt-med and COI
I am a retired acupuncturist. The alt-med part of my life is over now and I earn income outside of alt-med. For reference, here are my pre-retirement comments:
Some editors have suggested that simply having an alt-med profession automatically confers a conflict of interest (COI) when editing articles about one's profession. Community consensus (per this RfC, in which I was flattered to be much-discussed) is that this is not the case. In the words of one of the closing admins: "The result of the RfC was that an alt-med practitioner does not have a COI just because of the fact of them being an alt-med practitioner."
For a good summary of what COI is and isn't, see WP:EXTERNALREL and the immediately following section WP:COINOTBIAS, which I discussed in my old COI statement.
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