User talk:Gi-tommy

Hi - I see you have added some new material to Tim Radford (British Army officer) which has not been sourced. Please note that any unsourced material must be immediately removed per WP:BLP. Thanks Dormskirk (talk) 16:39, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dormskirk, I'm new to editing Wikipedia and when finished sources will be placed to the best of my ability in Wikipedia. Just as a little background I am currently serving with Lt Gen Radford and was asked to update the page with his military career, awards and future posting etc. Help with best how to reference would be great as I'm not fully sure how to reference facts given face to face. There is however his biography on the NATO RSM website (http://www.rs.nato.int/about/leadership/maj.-gen.-tim-radford.html) that can be referenced for some of the information. Gi-tommy (talk) 17:22, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi - I have now inserted the references - I hope you like it. One thing: I was not able to find an independent source for his appointment to the ARRC: is this in the public domain yet? Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 18:02, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for doing the references. Hopefully I will be able to get more information that can be added then referenced. Still trying to get to grips with the referencing formatting but I'm sure I will get there. Apologies for the errors in my edit, will try better next time now I have a slight better understanding. What would be the best way of getting his picture onto the site?, this is something he is keen to achieve. Gi-tommy (talk) 18:58, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi - The best way would be for you to take a photo yourself in which case you would own the copyright and be free to upload it yourself (you would need to make to clear when uploading that you took the photo yourself). Alternatively he or you could upload the photo to Flickr: Upload/Flickr gives advice on this. Anyone can then transfer it to wikipedia as long as the photo has the right licence. I hope this helps. Dormskirk (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dormskirk, Gen Radford is not happy with his page in the way it currently is and he is currently writing up an article of how he would like it. If I post it on this talk page when he has finished it can you help me edit the article. The content is being written by the general himself and he is very keen for this to happen. Any help you can give would be brilliant. Gi-tommy (talk) 16:51, 2 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi - You have to be careful with that sort of thing. One of the principles of Wikipedia is that nobody should edit Wikipedia who has a conflict of interest. See WP:COI. So arguably any edits emanating from General Radford or by one of his employees would not be eligible. And certainly anything that looks too similar to his NATO biography would not be acceptable. Also generally speaking anything that is already correctly included in the article and is properly sourced stands. The best way to proceed is that if there are any omissions they should be listed here with an independent source e.g. the London Gazette. Dormskirk (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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