User:KevinHightower

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Hello Wikipedians!

As an admirer of what Wikipedia strives to be, I frequent Wikipedia because of the vast user knowledge base and incredible usefulness it Wikipedia's commitment to sources which is my main need when writing.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Houston and am proud to have served communites ranging the entire Houston metropolitan area via magazine and newspapers as well as smaller towns like Brenham, where I enjoyed a closeness to my readers that is naturally harder to to establish when you serve thew fourth-largest city in the U.S.

I am a four-time published author residing in Houston, Texas where I serve as a sports writer, and as a six -year veteran journalist who has compiled a body of work consisting of thousands of published peices and am proud to have worked hard to obtain the versatility to be asked to cover almost every topic that can be found in mainstream media.

I decided to offer my expertice when I noticed that all too often I find opinions written as facts, not because of bad writing or incompetency at all. Wikipedia has an awesome dedicated group of contributers who are on the whole solid writers.

But as someone with an understanding of the type of style Wikipedia requires and education that is the foundation of my commitment to objectivity I notice problems from time to time that I can drop a quick line about how to fix at the very least.

I often run into opinions stated as fact, not because the contributer intended any bias, or is a bad writer, but simply learn to write in other settings where they wouldn't have known any better. I'm talking about missing quotation marks or lack of paraphrasing that are often the difference between for example:

Unintentional bias due to miswording >>> The infallability of the Pope is at the center of the Catholic faith.

Correction eliminating perceived bias >>> The Catholic concept of papal infallibility continues to be a primary way Catholicism has devoloped its belief system.

Whe I am selling freelance stories or maybe looking for information on sports and many other topics, it'd be no trouble st sll to politely suggest how it could be rephrased.

I can certainly find sources as well when they are missing but may not be able to often just due to demands on my time.

But since Wikipedia helps a project get accomplised for me on a daily basis the least I can due is draw on my knowledge of media law and style to make specific suggestions

Thank you all, shapers of Wikipedia for all you have done and continue to due to make my research efficient.