User talk:Goldwright

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User talk:Goldwright I see the editor has again removed my addition about my new book, "Bombs Over Bikini: the world's first nuclear disaster," to the Bikini Atoll page as being self-promotional and a non-important book. Can you tell me why "The novel, The Bomb, by Theodore Taylor is a historical novel based on the story of the native inhabitants of Bikini Atoll during World War Two," is not likewise self-promotional? Taylor's is the first and only work of fiction about this topic for children. My book is the first and only work of nonfiction about this topic for children. As for being a non-notable book, even though my book doesn't officially come out until January, 2014, it has been named a Junior Library Guild selection for 2014. It includes new interviews with Jack Niedenthal and Dr. Holly M. Barker, recognized experts on Bikini and Rongelap. Can the Wikipedia editor CMR08 explain this to me? It just doesn't seem rational that Taylor's book stays and mine goes. Connie Goldsmith goldwright@comcast.net

Goldwright (talk) 00:07, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Theodore Taylor didn't add the entry on his book to the article. That's what makes your repeated edits self-promotional. Wikipedia also has very strong guidelines about Conflicts of interest. You should review those as well before editing about anything with which you are involved. 69.181.253.230 (talk) 03:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Please read WP:conflict of interest. Quite simply: we don't use Wikipedia to promote our own stuff. Vsmith (talk) 04:11, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * In response to your comment "I see the editor", please note this should be "editors". The IP editor is not me, it is another editor so please don't assume I am just because I edited the same article. As for your question about "non-notable", you added information about a book that doesn't have an article and provided no reference to an independent source. My reason had nothing to do with self-promotion because I didn't even know you were the author until I read your post above., but now that I do, I would say you have a conflict of interest here. It also seems out of place in a popular culture section. However if your book is a historical non-fiction book that would improve the article, then I can't see why it couldn't be added to a "Further reading" section once it's released, but by someone other than yourself, to avoid a conflict of interest. Cmr08 (talk) 06:16, 19 December 2013 (UTC)