User talk:JayMac90

Name of Ron Larson's father
Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! I wish to apologize for having been too quick to revert your changes to Ron Larson for looking like likely vandalism. While asking the subject of the article for the name of their father may be a very good way to find out the name, this is original research, so if you change such information you should in general also add a reliable source and/or explain your reason in the edit summary in order to make your edit verifiable. There were already two sources in the paragraph in question, but both dead. I now managed to recover both from archived versions, and while the obituary indeed uses "Mederith", the list of Silver Star recipients only lists a "Larson, Meredith J.", but no "Mederith". So we have two Conflicting sources, and as your edit conforms to the more recent one, I let it stand but added a footnote pointing out that some sources use the other spelling. QuaintlyLittoral (talk) 09:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Ron called me himself and asked me to fix. I will take him as a reliable source. Your conflicting source is wrong.  A common problem with this unique spelling. As the communications manager at Larson Texts, I have the ear of the man himself who wrote the original text ... Ron Larson. JayMac90 (talk) 18:06, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, JayMac90. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Ron Larson, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 11:04, 7 February 2023 (UTC)


 * So, If I need to update this page so the information is correct ... I need to funnel it thru you? I updated the awards list and now it's gone.  How does one get this update done?  Please correct me if I am wrong ... the only people who can update a page are people who have no working knowledge of the subject? JayMac90 (talk) 20:38, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * With removal of awards updated and now questioning sources ... does this not apply?
 * "if an author is an established expert with a previous record of third-party publications on a topic, their self-published work may be considered reliable for that particular topic." JayMac90 (talk) 20:43, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your reply. You said in your summary that you are an employee of the subject of the article, so you do have a conflict of interest as defined above. You are welcome to request changes on the article's Talk page. It is helpful if you can supply references there for suggested changes. The main problem with the list of awards was the lack of references supplied. You definitely don't need to funnel things through me, just through uninvolved editors in general. Hope that is useful, and thanks for your interest in improving Wikipedia. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 23:45, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * the awards were listed just as the one's dating 2015 and before. Who are the uninvolved editors and where does one find them?  Are you an employee of WIKI? I am trying to understand how being an employee of a company makes you ineligible to provide factual information? Any help appreciated ... JayMac90 (talk) 17:35, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
 * What more reference do you need for an award than the group that awarded the award? JayMac90 (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
 * the awards were listed just as the one's dating 2015 and before. Who are the uninvolved editors and where does one find them? Are you an employee of WIKI? I am trying to understand how being an employee of a company makes you ineligible to provide factual information? Any help appreciated .  Please let me know how to update the site via with correct information . JayMac90 (talk) 19:45, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I'm a volunteer editor, not a Wikipedia employee. You can request changes on the article's Talk page; it's very helpful to have a reference from an independent source (such as a newspaper) supporting the awards if you have one. If you have other questions, you might find the Teahouse helpful. Tacyarg (talk) 21:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I will add a Welcome message here as it has links you may find useful. Tacyarg (talk) 21:06, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * So, a random newspaper article is a source, but the accredited association that awards the award it not? JayMac90 (talk) 14:56, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

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Happy editing! Tacyarg (talk) 21:07, 13 February 2023 (UTC)