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Please help me with... Michael A. Arbib

I'm a novice, but am trying to respond to the complaints about the list of publications (books written and books edited) on the page "Michael A. Arbib". I need guidance about whether I should replace the current items such as

    *Brains, Machines and Mathematics (1964, 1987) ISBN 0-387-96539-4

with something more like

    Michael A. Arbib (1964). Brains, Machines and Mathematics. ISBN 0-387-96539-4. Also available in Polish...

That is, using a"cite book" template instead of the template-free version that's there now.

Thanks for any help! RLDSoq (talk) 02:45, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, replacing informally formatted citations with proper citation templates is universally considered to be a good thing! — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:10, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I should clarify that if all you are doing is providing a more complete citation using the citation template, you can generally forgo the {{edit request}} process. This sort of replacement is not the sort of thing that gets COI editors into trouble. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:14, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

COI

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As requested on what I think is the talk page for the Michael A. Arbib Wikipedia page, I hereby state my potential conflict of interest.

I was a Ph. D. student of Michael Arbib's, receiving the degree in 1970 at Stanford University. I did publish a joint paper with him in 1975, I believe. I have had only slight contact with him for the past 45 years, but am reasonably aware of his work. I have no financial or other connection with him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RLDSoq (talkcontribs) 03:05, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We expect to see these disclosures on your user page, not here on your user talk page. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 03:10, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much. This may sound stupid, but how do I find my "user page"?

Sorry, think I've created a "user page" and have placed my COI statement there. Thanks again for your help.RLDSoq (talk)

Yes, that should be fine. Thanks for disclosing. It helps keep Wikipedia transparent. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 05:15, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]