User talk:Joanrifland

August 2018

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The following is the log entry regarding this message: Addiction was changed by Joanrifland (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.887489 on 2018-08-19T02:39:20+00:00 .

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 02:39, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Joanrifland, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Food addiction, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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August 2018

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Food addiction has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

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The following is the log entry regarding this message: Food addiction was changed by Joanrifland (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.867361 on 2018-08-24T17:56:53+00:00 .

Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Food, glorious food, and WP:EXPERT

Thanks for your pleasant note, Joan. I am about to get sucked into a meeting for a couple of hours (I'm a volunteer here, like everyone else who doesn't have a " - WMF" at the end of their username; I'm a former academic journal editor who now does something completely different for a living, but I try to do a little bit of copyediting and the like when I have a moment between conferences or I'm stuck on musical hold throughout the day) so, to be very brief, I invite you to read WP:EXPERT, which sums things up more eloquently than I would in any event. There is generally always at least one experienced editor responding relatively quickly and appropriately to questions at WP:TEAHOUSE, as well.

Long story short: It does tend to raise red flags when a new user starts citing articles on which she or he is patently the primary author, because, sadly, abusers of the system who are focused on self-aggrandizement rather than improving the encyclopedia outnumber helpful legitimate experts. The fact that you have sought advice in a friendly manner goes a long way. I wish you the best in figuring things out here and getting used to the community. Best regards - Julietdeltalima (talk) 18:56, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]