User talk:Katieforbes

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Dear Katie,

Thank you for your efforts on A Course in Miracles. However, the mass changes you made to the article were problematic in that they deleted some existing sourced text without sufficient explanation. In addition, much of the material you added had basic problems with English grammar and organization. You should also look at WP's core neutral point-of-view and verifiability policies. The article may not claim, for example, that the source of ACIM is actually Jesus Christ. (Nor, let me hasten to add should it deny this.) I would encourage you to discuss any changes you would like to see made on the talk page and to make any changes in smaller chunks. Fortunately, there is no deadline. Cheers, JChap2007 17:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Again, please discuss any changes you wish to see to the A Course in Miracles article on Talk:A Course in Miracles. Any changes you want to see made should be properly incorporated into an appropriate place in the body of the text, rather than just put in the beginning.  I tried to do this, but was unsure of what you were trying to say.  In addition, you indicated in the message on my page that you were involved in one of the legal teams that worked on the copyright suit and you so you knew that the changes were accurate.  Please understand that you cannot rely on your own knowledge to write articles, but instead must rely on reliable sources.  You may want to check out the essay on tendentious editing for some tips on how to work more cooperatively to get your material incorporated into articles.  JChap2007 18:10, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, if you were on the legal team that argued the case, you may want to look at Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest policy. JChap2007 18:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think COI would preclude her editing the Course article, however, I think it would preclude her editing the Endeavor Academy article. Sethie 21:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, a lawyer's continuing duty of loyalty to a client with respect to a matter in which the lawyer has represented the client would seem a pretty clear conflict-of-interest to me. However, I only recommended that she look at it and did not state definitively that she violated it.  I trust that Wikipedians will determine whether they should be editing articles based on that policy in good faith, until I have clear evidence to the contrary. JChap2007 23:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello Katie
Not sure if we met or not, I was at the Academy in 98 and 99. Wikipedia, like the Academy, is it's own culture, has it's own rules, and I would encourage you to take a look at WP:V, and WP:NOR. Sethie 21:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)