Recognising and Managing Conflicts of Interest

Abstract/description

Over the last decade or so, concerns about conflict of interest editing on the Wikimedia projects have given rise to a host of policies, guidelines and procedures. These range from modifications to the Foundation's Terms of Use through to the creation of special functionary roles within the English Wikipedia to work with non-public information. The result of this is a mess of differing opinions and standards. In this talk we'll look at the history of COI editing and how it has led the projects to this point, discuss the responses and expectations, and look at how contributors can manage their activities to meet the various requirements and address any concerns that may be raised. This is an issue potentially of relevance to all contributors on all projects, but may be particularly relevant to people contributing to the projects from within institutions in a range of roles.

What I am hoping to achieve

At the end of the session, participants will be able to recognise what consitutes a conflict of interest, and know how to manage a conflict of interest while still contributing to the project.

Relationship to Wiki skills or to the theme

Participants will be able to contribute in a manner which will help their contributions to meet community expectations.

Username/s

Speaker 1: Bilby

Session type

Talk

Duration

30 minutes

Event:WikiCon Australia 2024/Submissions/Recognising and Managing Conflicts of Interest

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