User talk:Lady Lancel

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Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Lady Lancel. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Kill Ben Lyk, 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. signed,Rosguill talk 21:47, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello Rosguill and thank you for your messages on my UserTalk regarding a possible COI regarding Kill Ben Lyk and Eugene Simon. I'm fairly new to editing on Wikipedia (though my account definitely is old, I only got into it recently) and while I'm good in English, it's not my main language, there might be some things I might not understand or explain well, so I apologize in advance for any issues.


 * Regarding the claim for a COI, I am not paid by Eugene Simon or by any of the members of Kill Ben Lyk's team to edit (or create in the movie's case) the pages nor am I involved or connected to any of them or any of the places regarding both the movie and the actor. I simply am a fan (with too much time on her hands and who tries to learn how to edit) of the actor and of the movie. I created the Kill Ben Lyk page to have an English version of the french one I also created as it didn't exist and updated Eugene's to try and better it the best of my abilities. I understand that my account could fall in the SPA category: I don't feel justified or allowed to edit other topics where I'm not as "knowledgable".


 * As for neutrality, despite the fact that I am a fan of both the actor and the movie, I don't think I've been writing with a biased point of view. I tried to keep my sentences objective and to source as much as I could (when I could find relevant sources). What can I do to have the COI claim removed from the Kill Ben Lyk page, the Eugene Simon page as well as on Talk: Eugene Simon page?


 * Kind regards,
 * Lady Lancel (talk) 23:06, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Given your contributions so far on both enWiki and frWiki, a simple disavowal is not going to be enough on its own. I would strongly encourage you to branch out your editing, as most editing work does not require subject matter expertise. You can find many different things to do by taking a look at WP:TASK. A track record of work on other subjects over an extended period of time would establish that you are unlikely to have a COI.
 * As for getting tags removed from articles, Eugene Simon may have issues of due weight; the tag should be removed after another editor assesses the article and either makes changes or decides that its current framing is appropriate. At Kill Ben Lyk, I'm particularly concerned by the way you wrote the Reception section, which is blatantly promotional, and had me seriously considering nominating the article for WP:G11 speedy deletion. Reception sections should be prose summaries of critics' opinions and, if available, assessments of its box office or popular success. For an example of a better-written reception section, see the one included at 16 Blocks. signed,Rosguill talk 23:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * As for getting tags removed from articles, Eugene Simon may have issues of due weight; the tag should be removed after another editor assesses the article and either makes changes or decides that its current framing is appropriate. At Kill Ben Lyk, I'm particularly concerned by the way you wrote the Reception section, which is blatantly promotional, and had me seriously considering nominating the article for WP:G11 speedy deletion. Reception sections should be prose summaries of critics' opinions and, if available, assessments of its box office or popular success. For an example of a better-written reception section, see the one included at 16 Blocks. signed,Rosguill talk 23:30, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply, I'll try and do that. Regarding the issue about Kill Ben Lyk, am I allowed to edit the page still to try and get the reception part more neutral or should I just keep away from both pages until the COI is revoked? Getting the box offices rates might be tricky as it wasn't released in many theatres and got a worldwide release on VOD in 2019-2020, however, I know I definitely could find articles and critics that have mixed opinions or negative views on the movie if I dig a little. Still, regarding my current status with the subject, I can understand if I need to back off from it right now.
 * Kind regards,
 * Lady Lancel (talk) 23:52, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Given the circumstances, I think it's fine for you to make edits to clean up the page. No need to conjure up box office info if there isn't any readily available, I was mentioning that more for the sake of completeness. For now I think the best thing to do would be to just go through the critics listed at the Rotten Tomatoes page and put brief summaries + quotes for their reviews into the article. signed,Rosguill talk 00:01, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply, I'll see what I can do. When I make the edit, do I have to add in the summary edit that I am in a possible COI situation and if so, how do I do that?
 * Kind regards,
 * Lady Lancel (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

National varieties of English
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 * Hello, thank you for your message. I use Grammarly to help me correct the spelling (I'm not an English native speaker and while I consider my level in this language good, it is a good help) and it is set on the British English. I'll try and be more careful in the future!
 * Lady Lancel (talk) 09:48, 22 December 2020 (UTC)