User talk:Great Plains Laboratory


 * Regarding the problems with the article, editing the existing page indeed is the preferred way to go, and there is no need to create a new article (please also note the difference between articles like William Shaw (autism researcher) and user pages like my own at User:Huon). There are several ways to correct errors in the article:
 * If the incorrect information is not backed up with a reliable source, it can simply be removed. It's probably a good idea to leave a note at the article's talk page (Talk:William Shaw (autism researcher)) on what you're doing or to make use of the edit summary feature.
 * If you want to add new information, you must also provide a reliable published source our readers can look up to verify the information. For uncontroversial details such as Shaw's birthdate a primary source is acceptable; if the claim could be considered promotional or controversial ("Dr Shaw can cure autism", "Dr Shaw was the youngest person in the history of the United States to earn a doctoral degree", "Dr Shaw is a renowned researcher", you get the drift), it should be backed up by an independent, secondary source.
 * If the article currently contains errors that are backed up by a reliable source, things get complicated. One way to deal with that would be to contact the source (say, if the LA Times misrepresented Dr Shaw's stance, contact the LA Times) and get them to publish a correction - then Wikipedia can follow suit. Another option would be to find an equally reliable source that explicitly contradicts the current one (in the above example, The New York Times reporting on "LA Times misrepresents autism researcher" or something like that).
 * In the third case I'd strongly suggest that you do not change the article directly but rather propose changes on the article's talk page and to let uninvolved editors implement them. You can add the code (including the curly brackets) to the talk page to raise awareness of such a proposal.
 * Finally, you can also point out specific errors here, and I'll take a look with a view to correcting the information in the article. Huon (talk) 20:06, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Blocked and Cannot Make Edits to Many Errors on Article Page for William Shaw (autism researcher)

 * As I mentioned above, you are welcome to create a new account that clearly belongs to an individual (yourself), not an organization. You can follow this link to do so: Special:CreateAccount. If you want the username to be associated with the Great Plains Laboratory, a username such as "John at Great Plains Laboratory" would be acceptable. If Dr Shaw also wants to edit Wikipedia, he is welcome to create a separate account for himself, too - he may not use the same account as you (and your username should not suggest that you are Dr Shaw). This account, however, has been used by multiple users, and that is not permitted. We will not unblock an account used by more than one person. Huon (talk) 01:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)