User talk:YBZadeh

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, YBZadeh. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Talk:Gender studies, 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the Edit Request Wizard), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you for raising your paper on article talk pages but you must disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles, so that other editors understand that you wrote the paper in question. Belbury (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest questions

Hi, to answer the questions you raise at Talk:Course evaluation#More coverage of empirical studies needed:

I don't understand how disseminating a paper I have co-authored, which aims to add to a body of knowledge, constitutes a conflict of interest.

See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#What is conflict of interest?

Also, it is clear that this account (YBZadeh) is the first author on that paper; I don't agree that it is undeclared.

All you posted to this (and other) talk pages was a suggestion to add a particular paper as a source to the article. A person reading that suggestion may not notice that your username is quite similar to the first author's surname, or think anything of it. You must explicitly tell other editors that you are an author of the paper you think should be added to various articles, so that they understand this context. Belbury (talk) 18:10, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I thank you for your explanation.

Generally, when person x publishes on topic y in a high-ranking, peer-reviewed academic journal, the findings are arguably objective and have undergone several rounds of double-blind review. Further, publishing would mean that person x has a considerable amount of expertise in topic y.

Now, why is it a problem if somebody who is an expert and has objective findings adds a piece of information to the entries related to topic y?

On the Wikipedia:Reliable sources page that you sent me, it says " Many Wikipedia articles rely on scholarly material. When available, academic and peer-reviewed publications, scholarly monographs, and textbooks are usually the most reliable sources."

On the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest page, regarding Citing yourself, it says " Using material you have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant, conforms to the content policies, including WP:SELFPUB, and is not excessive." YBZadeh (talk) 18:46, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Belbury - Adding a ping on behalf of @YBZadeh. GoingBatty (talk) 14:37, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to add really. All I'm saying above is that if you're going to post I suggest referring to a new peer-reviewed article... suggestions to talk pages, that's fine, such sources can indeed be used, but it would be helpful for other editors if you mentioned that you were the author of the article, so that they can consider your suggestions in that context. Belbury (talk) 14:46, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Belburythanks for the explanation.

Just wanted to inform you that our article has been covered by a few secondary source including the following:

The Financial Times Business School Insider (https://ep.ft.com/permalink/emails/eyJlbWFpbCI6ImQ2NTAxMThhNjNmYzAyZjViODY2ZmM3ZjgxNzAyMTRhZmM4MDc3OGQxNzlkNTE5OTU1M2E5NDc1MGU2Njc2YWFlOTVjIiwgInRyYW5zYWN0aW9uSWQiOiJlZTcxOGE1Yy04NTg5LTQyYjktODZkYy1kZjE3NTgxODM3MjgiLCAiYmF0Y2hJZCI6IjY1ZTA3ZjAyLTY2ODctNDg1My1iODU3LWZhN2IxNTAyOWU3ZCJ9)

AOM insights (https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amle.2023.0541.summary)

I understand that as a coauthor of this paper, I have a COI. As such, I would like to suggest that either the FT or the AOM insights be reviewed by independent editors, and I suggest they be added to the relevant article that I had tried to add to before. This article, along with its coverage in secondary sources, contributes to the pages that I edited. What do you think?

Thanks, YBZadeh (talk) 16:14, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar enough with the subject to take a view on it. Belbury (talk) 16:17, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]