User talk:Chris Jesty

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Chris Jesty, good luck, and have fun. -- Pam D  07:17, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Chris Jesty
Hallo Chris, welcome to Wikipedia. While there's no problem about the factual edits you've made to this article, you need to know that Wikipedia is very hot on the issue of "conflict of interest" (WP:COI) and "autobiography" ("WP:AUTO)". The latter includes "you should feel free to remove mistaken or unreferenced out-of-date facts about yourself, such as marital status, current employer, place of birth, and so on. (Note it on the talk page.)", which I think covers the edits you've made: well, perhaps not adding the books, but if I'd searched Worldcat I'd have found them). I seem to remember I checked the BL catalogue!

Is there a "reliable source" we could cite for the two forthcoming books? (Frances Lincoln press release or something?) I know that you know (though of course we have no proof that the WP editor using this name is actually the same person as the subject of the article!), but WP demands sources! Pam D  07:33, 21 September 2012 (UTC)