User talk:Eileen Kramer

Gianna Jessen
As far as editing articles goes, you can always be bold and edit articles as long as the information you add is verifiable and from reliable sources. The only problem I possibly see from adding this information to the article is that it may constitute original research on your part and that is not permissible. Basically, you would have to find a source out there, rather than do your own "detective work". For example, if a journalist looked into the same information you posted and wrote a story about it in a national newspaper, that would be verifiable and from reliable sources. If you, I, or any other user did an investigation, posted our findings, and changed the article based on them, that would be original research. I know it seems silly, but it prevents people from using Wikipedia as a medium to publish their research.
 * The other thing to keep in mind is that Gianna Jessen is one of those articles that is a magnet for people trying to push certain agendas, both pro and con. You've already seen what happened on the

Talk:Gianna_Jessen page when I tried to tag the article for inadequate sourcing/verification. Dwain had a fit almost immediately and as you can see from User_talk:Pitchka, old Dwain isn't someone who I would consider to have a neutral point of view. Just be prepared that if you are going to "question" the account there, you will undoubtedly meet resistance from people who have no interest in maintaining wikipedia's neutral point of view. That said, another important thing is to assume good faith in what other editors are trying to do. Not everyone who disagrees with you is always pushing an agenda... some may just have valid concerns based on rules and guidelines at wikipedia.
 * If you need any advice or questions on rules/guidelines at wikipedia, I can probably point you in the right direction. Hope this long rambling message helps.  Feel free to message my talk page if you need anything else.  I'll start searching around and see if maybe I can find any external sources for the information you posted at Talk:Gianna_Jessen.--Isotope23 13:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)