User talk:ABlackley

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Hello, ABlackley, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
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September 2011
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Mary Ellen Carroll. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * "Despite an oeuvre spanning more than twenty years..." is a copyright violation, since it is lifted from this website. Because of that copyvio, I have had to remove from the history all your edits containing that text. May I also point you to WP:RS, for some advice on what counts as a reliable source by our standards. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:57, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Dear Drmies. I am attempting to make a more reliable page for this artist by adding multiple references. It is counterproductive to remove all my references and links, only to revert the page to a state where the writing is vague and unattributed.ABlackley (talk) 04:04, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, maybe it is more productive if I suggest you look at WP:COI, WP:Neutral, WP:COPYVIO? Or ask you why you are so adamant in reinstating the stuff already removed in exactly the same way? Drmies (talk) 20:24, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Usage falls within established examples of acceptable use of non-free media on Wikipedia, and while brief quotations of copyrighted text have be used to illustrate a point, establish context, or attribute a point of view or idea, such copyrighted text that (if used verbatim) has been attributed with quotation marks or other standard notation, such as block quotes.

It should be noted that this page is open for all to edit, but more importantly, improve upon. The state that I found it in was substandard; there were frequent grammatical errors, postulations and summarizations that were both unfounded and without reference.

Re: COI. It was my goal to replace generalizations with specific (and documented) links and references. I welcome anyone to work with me collaboratively - to highlight specific, notable, projects and involvements of the artist with institutions and communities (including publicly awarded grants, monographs, etc.)

This is not an attempt to distort the wikipedia page, but rather improve upon it.ABlackley (talk) 20:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * In the versions I deleted, there was no paraphrase and there were no quotation marks. You are welcome to improve the page, and the addition of sources is always welcome; what I am trying to point out to you, apparently in vain, is that there are standards of neutrality for encyclopedic writing, and standards of reliability for references. Drmies (talk) 00:33, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:3RR
Please have a read of the WP:3RR before editing Mary Ellen Carroll again. Thanks Mt  king  (edits)  05:39, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Noted. Thank you. ABlackley (talk) 05:40, 10 September 2011 (UTC)