User talk:Dpcommunications

Re: first submission & Happy New Year!!

Thanks, in advance, for your help!

I created an account and wrote my first submission. It hasn't gone live.

Background: I wrote the obituary of Art Bartlett, co-founder of Century 21 Real Estate Franchises for the family. It was distributed through Century 21 on Jan. 3 through Marketwire.

I changed the first and last line slightly to make it a biography for Wikipedia and gave the Marketwire story as the source Source: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Century-21-1096718.html

I am doing this Wikipedia submission as a gift to the family.

Have I done everything right?? How can I be sure it goes live and when? I really appreciate your help!!

Regards, Diane PinnickDpcommunications (talk) 21:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That's a conflict of interest; and a self-published source such as a family obituary, even if it was not on Marketwire, would still not be a reliable source. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  02:58, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Note also that Wikipedia is not a venue for memorials; what you perceive as "a gift to the family" we see as a shameless advertisement and hagiography of no enyclopedic value. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  03:04, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

please choose another username
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please create a new account with a username that represents only you. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may ask for a review of this username block by adding the text below this message. Thank you. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  02:59, 5 January 2010 (UTC)


 * What is the other account you created? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  14:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

By definition then, any authority who writes for Wikipedia has a conflict of interest. My husband has a doctorate in chemistry and a specialization. That means if he writes anything about organic chemistry, there is a conflict of interest by your definition. I am a journalist. I provided an objective biography that was run verbatim by no less than 70 reputable online publications including MSNBC.com and USAToday.com. My story was the basis of additional stories that have since or will run in the LA Times, San Diego Union Tribune and Wall Street Journal. I really don't understand your logic and you haven't been helpful in explaining. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dpcommunications (talk • contribs)
 * That was not an article. That was an adulatory press release from Century 21, full of fulsome PR-speak and corporate blather. We need reliable sources of impartial information. Press releases, like blogs, are neither. Also: you say, "Please note that since I wrote this, I created a new account" What is the name of that account? -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Mike, considering your violation of the Please do not bite the newcomers guideline it is good idea if she doesn't tell you. Her first effort was in good faith and the subject notable and the whole conflict of interest thing is in the eye of the beholder. Next time try to be more constructive. --MarsRover (talk) 03:37, 8 January 2010 (UTC)