User talk:Kimnalley

Your edits
Thank you for your edits. However, please read WP:AUTOBIO - "Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy." We have guidance about personal information, at WP:BLP. Specifically, "Biographies of living persons ("BLPs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy....."; and, at WP:BLPPRIVACY, "Wikipedia includes full names and dates of birth that have been widely published by reliable sources, or by sources linked to the subject such that it may reasonably be inferred that the subject does not object. If the subject complains about the inclusion of the date of birth, or the person is borderline notable, err on the side of caution and simply list the year." In your case, although both your date and place of birth have been published in a reliable source, I suggest in view of your comments that we publish only your year of birth, in line with our policy. At your own personal website (here), you acknowledge that you were brought up in New Haven, and I see no reason to remove that detail. At the end of the day, we are an encyclopedia, not a personal website, and we should publish relevant biographical details where they are well-sourced. I will edit the article accordingly. If you have other concerns about the factual accuracy of the article, please feel free to raise them on the article talk page, for other independent editors to consider, but I would strongly advise you against editing the article yourself. Thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC) You may also be interested in this advice. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:34, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

As I noted above, I and other editors are happy to discuss your edits, and what you would like to change in that article. But, you do not have ownership of the article, and I will refer any further attempts to change the article without discussion to the Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Sorry, but that's just the way we do things. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:06, 21 January 2017 (UTC)