User talk:Amdc538

Welcome!
Hello, Amdc538, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Anne McDonald does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

Specifically you claimed in your edit summary that the Herald Sun had been sued over the Andrew Rule article on Crossley and McDonald that was cited as a source. Can you supply a reliable source regarding that lawsuit - who brought it, when it was resolved, etc, etc? In itself the existence of such a lawsuit is an interesting fact that might bear mentioning in the article.

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Conflict of interest
You are new here, so it is understandable that you did not know this, but conflict of interest guidelines forbid you from editing your own page. You also appear to have a conflict of interest with Anne McDonald. You are still free to post to the talk pages of both articles. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 14:38, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


 * McDonald's page is not my page. I am not new here, unlike you, and have never been forbidden from editing McDonald's page on grounds of conflict of interest.
 * Anne McDonald died in 2010, so it is unclear how the conflict of interest rules apply. Who is entitled to edit the pages of dead people?
 * Critics appear to have unlimited rights, regardless of whether diminishing McDonald's achievements is in their interest.
 * "I know you, have lunched with you, and recognise your photo and your achievements.
 * What do you see your role as Wikiman2718 as being? Amdc538 (talk) 03:10, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Conflict of interest guidelines forbid you from editing any source that you are too close to. This includes your own page and pages of people you are close to in real life. And please do not promote facilitated communication here. Wikipedia has already classified it as psudoscience, and promotion of psudoscience can get your account sanctioned. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 03:19, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Please can you direct me to Wikipedia's classification of facilitation, facilitated communication or facilitation communication as pseudo-science.
 * Please can you tell me who is entitled to edit the page of a dead person.
 * As it happens, McDonald's page does not 'promote facilitated communication'. It describes an unusual life that has implications for the way children with severe expressive disabilities are assessed and treated.  Amdc538 (talk) 04:07, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * While I do not know how or when facilitated communication was first classified as a psudoscience, I can link to a recent forum discussion in which we upheld this ruling. I can assure you that the issue is settled, and I urge you not to challenge it. All pages on Wikipedia must reflect this ruling: it would not make sense to have one page from the perspective that FC in psudoscience and another written from the prospective that FC works. Anyone is free to edit the page of a deceased person so long as they do not have a conflict of interests per WP:COI or a sanction in place that would forbid them from doing so. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 04:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Excuse me - I have now followed up the link you give above and it does not say what you say it says. Rather it wass an on-going discussion which did not reach a conclusion before being closed. FYI McDonald had CP, not autism, and started to use communication aids and strategies of many kinds a decade before the term "facilitated communication training" was first used in 1987. FCT was a therapy technique designed to develop and improve pointing skills in ambulant people who could not use heavy wheelchair-based aids, and who could use their hands for some things, but whose fine-motor and eye/hand co-ordination was poor. The name was later shortened to 'facilitated communication in the US. McDonald's physical impairments were quite different, and had been significantly worsened by her neglect in the institution. She used a large range of communication strategies after 1979, some with support and some without, as described in the quotation from 'Re-inventing the Wheelchair' (1993) which you cut from her page last night. It is informative and does not mention FC or advocate for it. You and I can talk at up to 150 words a minute. Stephen Hawking complained that he could only get out 15 words a minute. McDonald complained that using the best available technology her communication was reduced to 10 words an HOUR. How would you feel? She had clear Yes/No responses and would vocalise loudly if misinterpreted. She controlled her communication partners, not the reverse. Amdc538 (talk) 08:48, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You are wrong. Fringe pushers are not popular around here, so you should be very careful to stay within the guidelines. If you step out of line, you are likely to be banned. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 08:53, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Request for a personal profile picture for your Wikipedia page
Hello, your Wikipedia page Rosemary Crossley will stay for sure, but it is missing a profile picture. If you would like to upload an uncopyrighted profile picture of yourself, upload it at https://commons.wikimedia.org and then get back to me. Ylevental (talk) 13:25, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Help me !
Please help me with... I want to leave Wikipedia altogether. I am a living person. I am being repeatedly libelled on my page and I do not have time to correct it.

Amdc538 (talk) 12:16, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * If you wish to stop using Wikipedia, simply stop. If you are discussed in independent reliable sources, it will be difficult to simply remove the article about you as the purpose of Wikipedia is to summarize what independent reliable sources state.  The subject of an article also does not get to decide if there is an article about them on Wikipedia, for the same reason.  If there are libelous statements about you in the article about you, you may follow the instructions written at WP:LIBEL, or discuss your specific concerns on the article talk page. 331dot (talk) 12:48, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019
Hello, I'm Denisarona. I noticed that you recently removed content from Rosemary Crossley without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Denisarona (talk) 12:24, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Rosemary Crossley, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Praxidicae (talk) 12:51, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

It seems your article will stay up after all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rosemary_Crossley

All I can say at this time is try to learn the difference between what you wish was true and what is real. Ylevental (talk)