User talk:Chris Welsby

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Please see here. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:52, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Resolved via OTRS. See user page. Huon (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Welcome again
I am so sorry I had to block your account earlier. Again, it was to protect you from being impersonated. Now, down to the matter at hand: Please feel free to edit the article. Here are some important things to read about: Dear Anna,

I am surprised that you say to go ahead and edit the article, Your own Wiki guidelines indicate that no one should edit material pertaining to themselves. Also I have read the notes on COI. This sounds like a good idea to me but I have no interest in selling or promotion. of the Welsby Wikipedia site. I am glad to that she is no longer so cold! Surely promotion and advertising is surely not the only motivator? EG I have an interest in making sure that any page with my name on it  is accurate and that it represents  my art and my life. At the moment my Wiki page is full of errors and the included material is simply not  relevant. The page has clearly been assembled by people who do not know the field. We may be about to se a flowering of new information. That may be but I belong to the arts community and no one can afford to work for nothing. Academics are employed and paid by their university to do their research. If they are editing wiki sites they are being paid to do so. Surely it is nieve to think that anyone can be without conflict of influence?

So here is the problem: I don't care about promotion or advertising. I have enough to do as it is! However I have spent my whole life making the artworks that are the basis of my carreer and I care very much that they are well presented. Not, necessarily the way I see my art practice but at least something that anyone who knows the field at all would recognise and understand. How can this be achieved? I should add that my conflict is not based on vanity. I really don't care whether or not I come accross as a smart person or a fool but I take my work seriously and I do not want to stand by and see it represented in a uncaring, shoddy and inaccurate way..

I understand that there is no single authoritative history of anything but I also realise that it is difficult to describe anything  by consensus. My life story is important to me and I  look foreword to hearing from you shortly.

Many thanks,

Chris Chris Welsby (talk) 08:26, 8 December 2015 (UTC)


 * The plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * Peacock and weasel words
 * Reliable sources
 * Original research

If you need anything, please ask. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:01, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Dear Anna,

My apologies for the critical tone. Thank you for the helpful information. I am somewhat the wiser for this experience. I realize there is little that you can do to help. Thank you for being kind enough to respond to my complaint.

Best wishes, Chris Welsby (talk) 21:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)