User talk:Cleanelephant

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Hello, Cleanelephant, 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! Tikiwont (talk) 21:04, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
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 * Hey Tikiwont! Thanks for the links.  I am trying to keep everything pretty basic now and just use some common sense and basic english when it looks like it would be a good spot but I know there is a lot to learn.  Hopefully I'll be able to make a lot of progress and be able to do a  lot more soon! Cleanelephant (talk) 21:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually copy-editing is already a great and often underappreciated contribution. Seems you know the basics, but there is a handy guideline and even a Guild of Copy Editors. --Tikiwont (talk) 21:22, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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removed attempt to add picture because it didn't work
Can I be of any assistance? --DCS (Talk Talk ) 07:27, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I had just taken it down because the image wasn't coming up. It might have been a wikimedia thing? Cleanelephant (talk) 20:47, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Cleanelephant.

I am familiar with the rules and guidelines. However, I want to direct your attention to this:

"This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if there are other concerns about edits related to a living person, please report the issue to the biographies of living persons noticeboard. If you are connected to one of the subjects of this article and need help with issues related to it, please see this page." 

Update/edit- I submitted a notice to the Biographies of Living Persons Noticeboard just to get an administrative opinion on the matter, and received this reply: "Some of the material can be legitimately included, but there are too many problems with a negative tone (references to "Obamacare", etc.), too many blogs, too much UNDUE. A serious rewrite is needed before this stuff should be included." I figured I should let you know.

Thanks, and have a nice day. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ibsavage (talk • contribs) 04:25, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up with the Noticeboard link! You may have also missed that I wasn't just reverting it without trimming it down. Good to know that it wasn't the sources that were a problem. I'll adjust the tone for when I add a couple RS back in to something that avoids the UNDUE and conforms to BLP policy better!!Cleanelephant (talk) 22:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Need a drink after that... Peridon (talk) 18:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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