User talk:Kymbrunner

Bonnie and Clyde COI
Hello Kymbrunner - Please read the policy section WP:COI, which expressly forbids the kind of edit you made to the B&C article. Sensei48 (talk) 22:43, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

I disagree. I am editing a section that discusses use of Bonnie & Clyde in modern popular culture. How is that a conflict of interest? It is similar to any of the other posting you have here, as I am not broadcasting that you should purchase the book, only expressing that it exists. Please do not delete my entry again. If I am citing the reference in the wrong way, I'd be happy to have you show me how to make it amenable to your standards.


 * This is not a matter of opinion . You are advertising the existence of a non-notable book - which happens to be yours - and promoting it. This edit has been previously reverted by another editor as "non-notable" as well. Additionally, it appears as if your account was created especially to include the notice of your book in this article - another violation of Wikipedia policy. Under no circumstances can you direct. any other editor not to remove or alter your edit. There is a laundry list of violations here, starting with COI but including WP:PROMO, WP:ADVERT, and WP:OWN insofar as the last point is concerned. This edit has no business in this article, or in the publisher-promo language of it in any Wikipedia article. If you attempt to re-add this, it will be necessary to file a report to the Administrator Message board. Wikipedia does not exist to promote or disseminate one's own work, as the COI makes eminently clear.Sensei48 (talk) 17:31, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I am a frequent user of Wikipedia and find your accusations appalling. Why is a book that has Clyde Barrow as one of the narrators and uses extensive research any less notable than any of the other things you have listed here? What criterion does something need to have in order to be "notable?" It is with an established traditional publisher, is on the shelves at Barnes & Noble and is continuing to amass sales. At what point would it be notable? I find that you are bullying me with strong directives but not stating what is offensive. I maintain that my book fits the category of Bonnie and Clyde in popular culture. Furthermore, I'm not "advertising" my book by simply stating its existence. If my publisher adds my book to this page, or another individual who is not me, would that then take away the "disseminate one's one work" bit? I admit I might not be aware of all of the proper citations and so forth, so instead of bullying me, perhaps you can help cite my book properly.