User talk:John Loring

Help me!
I just edited "Japonism" by adding information on Tiffany&Co. and Louis Comfort Tiffany as well as noting Edward C. Moore to improve the text. I also noted that Christopher Dresser's visit to Japan the article noted as at the invitation of Japan was actually comissioned by Tiffany's as a trip to make purchases for Edward C. Moore's design department. I'm not sure these edits will endure as I hadn't created an account when I made them. Having served 30 years as Tiffany's design director and having written numerous books on Tiffany's, I am more than famiiar with the subject. (See Wikipedia - "John Loring".) For better or for worse, neither Doubleday nor Harry N. Abrams wanted footnotes so the lists of sources given to their researchers before publication are unobtainable. I hesitated to source myself. Or is that legitimate if for works from major publishing houses? "Louis Comfort Tiffany at a Tiffany&Co." and "Masterpieces of Tiffany Silver" contain all the information quoted. Would you please clarify? "HELP!"

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 * I take it you are John Loring (designer)? Welcome to Wikipedia! Wikipedia requires reliable published sources; books published by a reputable publisher such as Doubleday qualify. Citing yourself may indeed sometimes look a little iffy; you may want to edit the article's talk page and present your sources there; then uninvolved editors can take a look and implement the changes without it looking like a conflict of interest.
 * You may also want to check out WP:REALNAME which details some of the possible pitfalls of using your real name as a username - particularly when you are a notable person we have an article about. We wouldn't want others to impersonate you; thus you will need to prove that you are who you say you are. You can do this by sending an email to [mailto:info-en@wikimedia.org info-en@wikimedia.org]. I apologize for the inconvenience, but you'll acknowledge that having someone else claim they're you would be awkward; this only serves to protect you. Again, welcome and thank you for your efforts to improve the encyclopedia. Huon (talk) 17:17, 9 July 2016 (UTC)