User talk:Littheory21

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January 2015
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at John Frow. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 04:31, 15 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Greyfell - I edited the existing page on myself because it was inaccurate and out of date. I did this on the advice of several friends who've edited their own pages for the same reason and who were approved by the relevant editors, and I assumed that being upfront about what I was doing was appropriate. I tried hard to keep the tone of the edit objective and neutral, and I believe the length and degree of detail are commensurate with the pages of academics of similar standing. Can I ask you to reconsider your deletion of the edit?
 * Littheory21 (talk) 04:49, 15 January 2015 (UTC)


 * I appreciate that you are being straightforward. There are several issues here:


 * It might be helpful to keep in mind that Wikipedia is not set up to verify that you are who you say you are. With that in mind, it's important to support any changes you make with WP:reliable sources. Wikipedia strongly favors WP:secondary sources, also. Your edits were lacking in usable sources, and for that reason alone, I'm not going to restore your edits as they are. You might want to take a look at this: Help:Referencing for beginners.


 * Editors with a WP:conflict of interest, such as yourself, have a strong tendency to misjudge what is WP:due and undue weight in an article. For this and many other reasons, I would ask that you propose any changes on the article's talk page: Talk:John Frow. This allows review by impartial editors.


 * Obviously any content that is defamatory or clear vandalism can and should be removed immediately, regardless of who is doing the editing. If there is information in the article that is incorrect and is not supported by any source, removing it would be fine, but please be very, very cautious of replacing it with unsourced material. Again, Wikipedia articles should be supported by reliable, outside sources, not personal expertise or experience. This is especially true of articles which are WP:biographies of living people. This applies to you, and any friends or colleagues who also have articles.


 * Hopefully that answers your questions. Again, Talk:John Frow is the best place to propose any changes. Grayfell (talk) 05:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks Greyfell. I'll give this some thought. Littheory21 (talk) 05:22, 15 January 2015 (UTC)