User talk:McSchwartzahan

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 * Thank you for your attention to this. However, I have to take exception to your admonishment. If you took the time to look at the changes that you would like to see undone, which I presume that you did, they were of two kinds. First, I made a simple factual correction. The name Mark W. Schwartz appears in some cases, while in others it is Mark Schwartz. For consistency I changed these to Mark W. Schwartz. Now, you suggest that if I were that Mark W. Schwartz, the Wikipedia rules would say that technically I am not allowed to make such a change. Your suggestion is to send the suggestion through you. Among other things, I imagine that this allows you to maintan or elevate your master editor status. This is using the letter of the law to violate the spirit of the law as mine was a factual correction, yours is boosting your status. Bad Juju. It was not as if I was changing it to "the great and wonderful Mark W Schwartz". "W." is a pretty neutral letter, IMO.
 * The second change was to redlink my name. To that end, here is a multiple choice quiz. 1 question. self-graded. You notice that others in your profession of similar status often have Wikipedia pages. No one has written one about you. You think that maybe it would be nice if someone did. You have tried the "sit and wait" strategy, doing nothing for several years. You think that you might try something different. Which of these three choices creates the least conflict of interest:
 * (a) Pay someone to write the article for you.
 * (b) Write the wiki page yourself and then ask a friend to post the material about you.
 * (c) redlink your name and then see if anyone inthe WIki-community takes up the idea of writing one on you.
 * Wikipedia suggests that if you would like to edit Wiki pages that you begin with a few simple edits; don't bite off too much. I did exactly as suggested. Wow, what a great experience this has been. McSchwartzahan (talk) 19:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)