User talk:Ddemell

April 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not include unsupported or inaccurate statements. Whenever you add possibly controversial statements about a living person to an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did to Dick Rutkowski with this edit, you must include proper sources. If you don't know how to cite a source, you may want to read Referencing for beginners for guidelines. Thank you. Jay Σεβαστός discuss  20:56, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Edits for Dick Rutkowski
Jay --- I am doing these edits for Dick -- I support his website Hyperbarics International. How do I do the changes you just wiped out? He does NOT want the current picture - he wants it replaced with the new one. Also, he wants his own website Hyperbarics International on the page. What do I need to do???
 * Kindly check my talkpage. Jay  Σεβαστός discuss  21:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the information. I will put the new picture back in and I will also put the external link to his website back in. Is is ok to put the note about his current class back in as long as I cite it to his webpage that has the valid information?  thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by  Ddemell  (talk • contribs)  21:44, 30 April 2012‎ (UTC)
 * No problem. By external link, I mean in a separate section entitled External Links. So long as it is a non-controversial, neutral piece of information, then yes, a citation using his website would be fine. Jay  Σεβαστός discuss  22:33, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi DJ DeMell, let me try to give you a few pointers to help you out.
 * When you write a comment on a talk page (like this one), please sign your comment by using ~, which will give your username and the date+time. There is no need to sign when you edit an article.
 * If you're maintaining Dick Rutkowski's website, then you may find it difficult to avoid giving an appearance of conflict of interest when you edit his article. I'd recommend posting any suggestions you may have on the article talk page: Talk:Dick Rutkowski. There are neutral editors like User:Gene Hobbs or myself who watch that page and can talk over with you what is likely to be acceptable.
 * I've restored the information about the course at Key Largo and provided a reference for it using the Hyperbarics International website. A self-published site would usually not be a good source to use on Wikipedia, but for information that solely relates to the subject of a biography, it is normally acceptable to use their own website sparingly. There's more information at WP:SELFPUB.
 * Once a source has been used as a reference, it should not normally be used as an external link, so I've now removed the Hyperbarics International link from that section.
 * Hope that helps, --RexxS (talk) 22:36, 30 April 2012 (UTC)