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[edit] Suspicion

I find it a bit suspicious that all of the recent changes are by someone who works at Coptix. Doesn't this kind of violate the idea that you shouldn't edit your own article?

This sort of thing can sometimes be a conflict of interests, but I really don't see anything in the current article that is problematic beyond a lack of references for the information in the opening paragraph. Jinxmchue 18:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
I do work at Coptix and have been an editor of Wikipedia for a very long time, and I did not create the article, respecting the conflict of interests there. When the article was created by someone other than myself, you can see that I went in there, established notability where appropriate and cleaned up the article to match wikipedia standards, and to ensure there wasn't any violation of NPOV. Like any edits I make, I trust the Wikipedia community to weigh in on things to correct me if I've done something wrong. Qmax 20:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm just razzing on you Qmax 68.60.193.30 14:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Malicious edits

Here are the edits I made to this article -- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptix&diff=192023919&oldid=183667102 -- in which I removed incorrect information and a non-notable flickr link, and made copyedits according to Wikipedia manual of style. After edits were reverted by the company owner, I placed and replaced a conflict of interest flag, which has since been removed again with comment that I was being malicious.

When I removed these edits -- "Coptix' work redesigning the Chattanooga Times Free Press website was featured on CBS Sunday Morning" -- they were reverted because "copy states the work was mentioned, not Coptix" and "statement isn't inaccurate, doesn't claim to be mentioned, just the work".

There is not a single reference to any redesign whatsoever or anything remotely related to Coptix or its work. The edits have since been removed from the two articles by Qmax after reverting other editors' edits. Flowanda | Talk 02:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

That's because you don't get to remove content for inaccurate/incorrect reasons. I removed the content because it wasn't notable, and shouldn't have been there in the first place. Reasons do matter. Qmax (talk) 13:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Content that is inaccurate and unrelated is what makes the statement and a national news article non-notable in this article, as was pointed out and corrected several times. Flowanda | Talk 16:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest is the unending issue, Qmax, as has been discussed many times. Please stop making direct edits to your company article or those related to clients or organizations in which you have any relationship that could be perceived as self promotion, advertising or conflict of interest for yourself or others. Disclosing who you are does not grant you the liberties you have been taking with 90 percent of the edits you have made on Wikipedia.

How to edit correctly is discussed at WP:COI; if you have any questions, or issues with my edits or comments, you can post here at WP:COI/N, or if you have any questions about how to treat other editors, including myself, you can go to WP:NPA. Flowanda | Talk 02:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you have a problem with a specific contributed piece of content as being inaccurate and not conforming to wikipedia standards because of a COI, then state it. I'm happy to be and will continue to be connected to many things in and around Chattanooga. But it's my edits that are measured. I do appreciate you doing your best to become more informed on how wikipedia works. Qmax (talk) 13:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of Interest

Qmax, please stop editing this article per WP:COI and WP:SPAM. Flowanda | Talk 04:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Neither of those dictate that I cannot edit this article. They do dictate that if someone is manifesting a COI i.e. altering content to go against Wikipedia guidelines to the benefit of the third party to which they are beholden, you should bring up the particular issue. You haven't brought up any particular issue, other than that I have the potential for a COI. Our discussions should, as always, be focused on the notability & verifiability of the content, not any individual person or editor. This is why your COI tag on the page is misguided. You should point out a particular piece of content that you feel is COI. As always, I appreciate your passion for wikipedia, and I trust that if an actual COI exists that the greater wikipedia community will do it's job and correct it. Qmax (talk) 00:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)