User talk:Ericvpharm

Catherine Anderson
Hi Ericvpharm, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you re-added information to Catherine Anderson, and I thought that since you are a new contributor you may not be very familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. As currently written, the paragraphs on her future works are unsourced, which means they violate wikipedia's policy on verification, it is presented in a way that is not neutral (violating the neutral point of view policy), and it reads like advertising. I would like to take those paragraphs out again so that the article will properly reflect Wikipedia's policies.  Do you have any objections? [[User:Karanacs|Karanacs (talk) 17:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Karanacs, I represent Catherine Anderson, and it is not a problem to provide verification of the release dates for both novels. What precisely do you need for wikipedia's policy on verification? Please let me know. Thank you.Ericvpharm (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)ericvpharm
 * You probably want to read Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy, just to make sure that you don't accidentally do something you aren't supposed to. Wikipedia requires the use of reliable, independent sources.  The goal for any article is to summarize what these third-party sources say about a topic.  Generally, for something like this it would be best to be cited to a newspaper or magazine.  If those don't exist yet, I'd recommend leaving the book name in the bibliography section and removing any mention from the biography section.  We aren't supposed to be advertising - just reporting on what has already been reported on. If you know of any other interviews with Ms. Anderson or any articles profiling her, please feel free to post links to them on the article talk page so that someone can incorpoate those facts into the article. Karanacs (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello Again, Karanacs Thanks for helping me understand the policy. Catherine just wanted to fix some of the errors. There were several in the dates of the Bibliography. I will share with her your suggestions, and again, thanks for helping me to understand the conflict of interest policies. Should I remove that last paragraph, or will you be doing so? Ericvpharm (talk)ericvpharm
 * If you wouldn't mind, it would be best if you could. I want to avoid any appearance of an edit war.  Wikipedia can be a bit of a beast in the beginning because there are lots of rules and no really easy place to figure out what they are.  Once you get the hang of it, though, it can be a lot of fun.  Thank you for vetting the information in the article to ensure its accuracy, and good luck.  If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask on  my talk page, at the talk page of the article, or at the Help desk. Happy editing! Karanacs (talk) 19:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I will remove that information about the new books and the trailer. Thanks again for your help, as I am new to this. Thank you for the opportunity to correct the article. Ericvpharm (talk)ericvpharm