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Revision as of 19:40, 20 July 2009

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Hello, Fauncet, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that if more than one person is using this account to edit, then unfortunately it will be blocked from editing.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Misplaced Pages:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Gimme danger (talk) 08:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

19 June 2009

First, I should point out that I'm not a Misplaced Pages administrator, so these aren't "my" policies, they are the policies that the Misplaced Pages user community has agreed on, so they are, in effect, "our" policies (including you, as another Wikipedian). Secondly, I agree that you have made many significant contributions to various articles stemming from your extensive background in those areas. However, I believe that those contributions should stand on their own merit, and on the strength of the citations that you have provided. Clearly, your published work has already been peer-reviewed, and can be considered reliable. It is unlikely that users who read these article and see the citations will then seek out information about the author of the citations. If you wish to explain your background so that users may have a better understanding of the viewpoint of your contributions, that is a suitable purpose for a user page (User:Fauncet in your case). I have not nominated your article for deletion, because I believe from the sources available that you are a notable academic in the areas you cover. I could have wished for a more independent start of the article, but I believe it will withstand scrutiny from the community. I hope that by marking it as an autobiography, I will encourage indepent editors to research the article and modify it as necessary to assure neutrality. WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 14:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Next

The idea for setting this up came from other people (at my instituition and other institutions) and so did many suggestions about structure (what was important to add and what not) and feedback about neutrality. It was quite extensive which I think shows in the objective quality of the piece. I don't think its fair to call it autobiographical and discourage people from treating it seriously (to regard it as a piece of advertising as they will with that message up front). I think it's also inaccurate in this case. I don't think there are any instances in it where neutrality or verifiability falters.

Certainly, the article meets verifiability standards as it cites several references. And it meets notability standards as I have already noted. The problem is that, without independent input, it is impossible to tell if it is fair and balanced. An independent reader, seeing that this is an autobiography, may fairly assume that negative information that may be available has been omitted from the article. It is for these reasons that Misplaced Pages discourages autobiographies in the first place. WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 15:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ajahn Thate

A tag has been placed on Ajahn Thate requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Wuhwuzdat (talk) 17:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Your edits to Oku no Hosomichi

While your second set of edits addresses some of the issues in your original edit, there remain substantial concerns around your addition, which I have highlighted on the article's Talk page. Please respond there. --Yumegusa (talk) 22:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Indentation

Thanks for making an attempt to indent your post, but you are still doing it incorrectly. Click on Misplaced Pages:TP#Example for examples and instructions on how to indent properly. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 20:42, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Disillusioned

I had never edited on wikipedia before. I looked up my book "Who Owns Our Health" and the Eruditor book store (as I check now) (see http://www.eruditor.com/books/item/9780801888434.html.en) had a drop down with my name to a Misplaced Pages entry. When I clicked on it there was nothing there except a blank page with administrative information. I thought that was the entry. That's why I started it.Fauncet (talk) 12:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, apparently the site adds that link for every author, whether or not they actually have a Misplaced Pages entry. WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 13:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I'm the one who posted the notice earlier about a conflict of interest regarding your autobiographical page. Please don't take that as an attack, I just wanted to point out that guidelines discourage that sort of editing. If I had found, or thought I had found an article about myself before I was familiar with Misplaced Pages (unlikely or impossible) I would be tempted to edit it as well, that's a natural reaction. If it is any consolation, most autobiographical articles are deleted as "self-promotion" but I think yours is unlikely to be, because you seem to be notable under this project's standards and the references given in the article are pretty good. Your knowledge would be helpful to the project, I would just caution you to only offer suggestions on the talk page of your article rather than making changes to the article itself (unless those changes are removing obvious vandalism). Thanks! -- Atama 23:06, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Please stay! Having looked at your bio you would definitely be a valued asset to wikipedia. Don't let the fact that you don't yet know the rules put you off - they can be rather complicated. I can see that despite creating an autobiography it is well cited and only needs a little clean up from other editors. Message me if you have any questions about how to edit and I'll be happy to help. Smartse (talk) 22:31, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

July 2009

Your recent addition to Stockton Beach, New South Wales has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Misplaced Pages without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Misplaced Pages takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please note specifically the section titled "Copyright" at this page AussieLegend (talk) 16:33, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

OK.Im revisingFauncet (talk) 16:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC) The entry is now a brief original sentence with the same reference to the page and date of Hansard where the establishment of the park was announcedFauncet (talk) 00:35, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Just a note to say a belated welcome to Misplaced Pages. Your expertise is of much value to the project and I hope you hang around! Please don't be put off by the inevitable little disagreements that happen. The less knowledgeable editors, like me, can learn a lot from contributors who are specialists in their field like you, and you get the chance to exercise the virtue of patience! Taam (talk) 21:59, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Countering Systemic Bias Project

I think you might be an asset here, since you voiced a desire to fill in the gaps on Misplaced Pages within your magesteria of knowledge. Also, some policy to get to know since you are new here, and it's easy to fall into the pitfalls of being a new editor:

• WP:NPOV - One of the most important
• WP:AGF - Assume good faith. Things on the internet often get misunderstood. It's important.
• WP:COPYVIO - Covers use of copyrighted works, and why we don't use them if possible
• WP:MOS - This is end all-be all of the structure of articles, and how they are written
• WP:IAR - This is a non-policy, but still a policy of sort. If you are helping Misplaced Pages, then ignore all rules. Read before applying :P

I hope this all helps, and Misplaced Pages really does look forward to you helping build this project :) Cheers! Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 01:23, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

PS, also, I almost forgot:

Left Misplaced Pages

I have decided to leave wikipediaFauncet (talk) 19:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)