User talk:Oates77

Katie Ledecky
Oates, just saw your edit summary about Katie's middle name. As a personal friend editing Katie's Wikipedia article, please be careful that you do not violate Wikipedia's conflict of interest rules. According to our site rules, all facts stated in a biography of a living person must be sourced to a verifiable, reliable source that is independent of the subject per WP:BLP, WP:V and WP:RS. Generally, personal information provided by friends and family does not qualify. I did find a source that stated the middle name of Katie's mother as "Genevieve"; given what you said, I am inclined to leave it in the article's infobox unless and until someone else questions it. Welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope you enjoy editing here. If you have any questions, leave me a note here or on my talk page. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:23, 5 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Just to add. If you are Ledecky's friend, would you consider taking a picture of her to be included on her Wikipedia page?  Nothing fancy, just a general face pic.  It's pretty simple.  All you need to do is log on to Wikimedia Commons and upload a pic as your own work (the account you have here works on that site also).  I can help you out if you run into any problems.  It would greatly improve the article and would be appreciated. Philipmj24 (talk) 17:34, 5 July 2012 (UTC)


 * I'll see what I can do. Also, she was technically born across the state line in Washington, D.C., although she's lived her whole life in Bethesda. User:Oates77[Oates77 (talk) 12:10, 6 July 2012 (ET)