User talk:MargaretWertheim

Please userfy the content in Margaret Wertheim/Temp before it gets deleted. Thank you. --Slgrandson 22:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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Re. your biography article: hope you weren't too irritated about the reactions. The first thing was that the previous version (now deleted, and not your work) had been a copy from a website and therefore had to be deleted. You did the right thing by creating a new version on the /Temp page, but then somebody else came along and failed to understand the context. Point is, we tend to be a bit cautious about people writing about themselves on Wikepedia, because we sometimes have problems with "vanity articles". But yours looks fine now. Thanks for your understanding - Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining this to me. As a new Wikian i appreaciate the feedback here. MargaretWertheim 24June 2006

License tagging for Image:MS-Jeannine.jpg
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File permission problem with File:Zellweger-LogicGarnet.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Zellweger-LogicGarnet.jpg, which you've attributed to Dr Shea Zellweger.. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Editing the article Margaret Wertheim
Margaret, I see you created the article about yourself back in 2006, when Wikipedia was very young; and that you have edited it now and again, most recently in 2018.

As Wikipedia has developed, it has acquired a manual of style and some hard-fought policies, not least on verifiability and the use of reliable, independent sources.

I appreciate that these didn't exist when you began the article, and that they may appear burdensome, but they've been around a good few years now, and a global encyclopedia needs to enforce some standards to prevent its use for a wide variety of undesirable purposes, not to mention silly humour, libel, commercial gain and plain old vandalism. It is not today completely forbidden for people to edit articles about themselves, but we consider it risky at best. Encyclopedic style is also rather different from magazine or newspaper features; in particular, Wikipedia requires a neutral tone that is studiously non-promotional.

Accordingly, I've edited the article fairly hard to bring it somewhat closer to today's standards. Hope that's fine with you. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:44, 29 October 2019 (UTC)