Talk:Perfect Chemistry

Responding to the too close to subject template

The major writer of this article is a student in my composition class, and she is writing the article because I have obliged her to write an article, not because of any close connection to the subject. She may have liked the novel, but I suspect that motive inspires most people who write Wikipedia articles about fiction. I really, really do wish that Wikipedia editors could refrain, generally, from conflict of interest accusations that are never more than wild speculations and can never be proven because of the widely approved general practice of writing articles while hiding behind a fake name. If we don't want people engaging in conflicts of interest, then we all need to man up and write under our own names.--Georgiasouthernlynn (talk) 18:18, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I agree, COI does not seem to be a factor here. The editor who tagged this article is hugely experienced, a trusted administrator with over a quarter of a million edits spanning the better part of a decade. More than anything, I think this is an indicator of how tough of job curating new pages can be - the job is absolutely necessary to fight a steady stream of vandalism and spam, but it can be very challenging to avoid catching good faith editors in the crossfire. Individually, it would be illogical to call the tagging of this article anything other than a genuine mistake (I know I have made more than a few). Globally, this is a known problem and you are welcomed to help discuss possible solutions - Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention is one of several possible good forums for floating ideas. VQuakr (talk) 04:46, 4 May 2013 (UTC)