User talk:LocalRachel

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Hello, LocalRachel, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Coaching, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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 * Please read WP:OR about research that is original. You cannot put it on Wikipedia - that is not what we do. It has to be reviewed independently and reliably (see WP:RS, and then preferably added by someone else. If you are alone and unreviewed in RS, then sorry, no. Your research cannot be used here. This is an encyclopaedia. We record what is already known. A magazine like 'The Transactions of the Psychotheraputic Exobiological Society' can publish new material in their field. If their field and the society really existed, we would probably regard them as a sound source - so long as that could be shown by their history and notability. They would have the capability of reviewing new material. We don't. We summarise at at least one remove from the origin. Peridon (talk) 16:58, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. Please can Amatulić indicate how their post has complied with the Wiki guides: *Assume Good Faith and *Please do not bite the newcomers It would appear that I have made 1 mistake only out of the mulitple things that I have contributed which was to show an example of an area of coaching that was self published by me. I have already acknowledged this (even though I find this very elitist - I have taken it on board as Wikipedia is a business like any other and is interested in the 'big names' not the small ones your posts have allowed me to learn). I have no impulse to try to contribute to Wikipedia at all after the nature and directness of the response from you despite the Wikipedia policies to the contrary. Are you suggesting that all contributors only contribute to an area which they have NO prior knowledge (as knowledge would link to interest and interest would link to an opinion which would mean they could not be neutral as they already have an opinion)? In which case no-one can edit the Coaching page as Coaching comes from our parents as part of their parenting role so this means no-one is neutral stritly as they have been in receipt of the coaching experience. I hope you find my feedback stimulating. Best wishes, Rachel.


 * No one has claimed you were editing in bad faith. No one has been rude, no one has "bitten" you. However, you did violate some core Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Your comment above suggests that you have not yet read or comprehended the links pointed out to you in your unblock request above. When you do understand those concerns, feel free to post a new unblock request. No need to request a name change.


 * As for contributing where you have no prior knowledge, no, that isn't the meaning intended. Expertise in a topic area is appreciated. But Wikipedia articles cannot rely on personal expertise. You may write knowledgeably about a topic, but what you write must be referenced to verifiable, reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic. You cannot cite yourself, self-published sources like personal blogs and press releases, other Wikipedia articles, or user generated content like forum postings. You cannot engage in original research that has not already been covered in reliable, independent sources.


 * Again, you are welcome to post another unblock request demonstrating that you understand the issues involved. An unblock request is the only way to attract another administrator's attention to unblock you. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:01, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Help request
I contributed to a page on Coaching but included an example of a specific type of coaching under one of the sections by signposting and quoting my own work - I now understand that is outside policy. However, all of my contribution on that page has been deleted rather than just this one mistake which seems a shame as the page is in need of as much Love as it can get! Please can someone reinstate the parts that are of benefit to the world as as you can see I have been promptly blocked and am unable to do this myself. I now know to use an editor to proofread before submission which I did not know about beforehand. Much thanks. LocalRachel (talk) 23:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry to tell you this, but this is not the 'appropriate' way to request an edit to that page....the 'appropriate' way would be to write to the talk page of that article. Unfortunately, anyone you 'ping' using this template is unlikely to have any familiarity with the subject or article, and so is probably going to be unable to judge the 'appropriateness' of the requested edit as described. (Your request is rather vague).
 * Honestly, given the 'content' of the comments on your blocks, any request would probably need to be very specific and well justified. Revent (talk) 00:16, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Talk page signatures
When writing to a talk page on Wikipedia, please use four tildes ( ~ ) to sign your messages....this lets people know who they are talking to. Revent (talk) 00:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Revent. Thank you for your input. I'm not sure if you're aware but once you're blocked you don't get to write on the 'talk' pages of Wiki content pages so I don't have that option hence why I've written this here. I am also not able to contact editors that have put themselves forward to deal with undeleting specifically either! The things I wrote on the Coaching page were just to add a few more categories of Coaching to the page with a few sentences about each. The Coaching page is struggling with lots of issues (and considering my input was blocked I'm surprised that there aren't other bits that have been removed or swiftly re-written anyway). I'm awaiting a response from people earlier in this thread so perhaps someone will be able to compartmentalise my contribution and reinstate the parts that complied with Wiki policies as my contribution was very minimal anyway. Best wishes, LocalRachel (talk) 08:24, 10 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Nods. I am aware. You should be aware, however, that the main reason I said it would need to be extremely specific and well justified is that any user who edits that page 'on behalf of a blocked user' is taking a risk of getting a block themselves as your meatpuppet. It would pretty much have to be things like adding specific independently cited facts, and they'd have to go through the article's talk page themself.
 * Given the reason given for the denial of unblock....I have to say I'm personally not interested. Revent (talk) 11:01, 10 June 2013 (UTC)