User talk:Operadict

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Hello, Operadict, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one of your contributions does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

There's a page about the NPOV policy that has tips on how to effectively write about disparate points of view without compromising the NPOV status of the article as a whole. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Below are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 01:51, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
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August 2016
Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Drmies (talk) 01:52, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Operadict, you can't just copy and paste stuff into Wikipedia. For the second time I have removed a copyright violation. Also, we are not a repository for links, or for Lists Of Names Of Famous People With Whom The Subject Has Worked. The content you keep adding is blatantly non-neutral and unencyclopedic, and if you persist in beefing up this resume I will have no choice but to block you. Drmies (talk) 12:09, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

august 8-16

Dear Drmies,

I am still trying to learn how to communicate with you or others regarding the issues addressed. I am not sure this is it either - please fogive if I submit this in more than one location.

Thank you for your feedback regarding my edit/additions. I am trying to better understand what can and cannot be posted by the subject of the Wikipedia entry.

All of the information that I posted yesterday is factual and verifiable. With regard to the writing, it is all my own original writing. Please provide some insight, if you might, as to how I can properly vet this info to make it acceptable. I tried to avoid biased representations. I do understand about the list of collaborators, and perhaps the long bio is an area in which that was a problem, I do not know.

The volume of other career information regarding performances, companies, recordings, and publication inclusions is all important factual data that should be on Wikipedia.

Thank you,

Richard Leech (operadict) Operadict (talk) 14:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Dear Operadict: if you wrote that content yourself it might not be a copyvio (depends on the publication and verification of identity), but even if it's not, it's not good text to copy here: it is not neutral enough. It's useful to look at other articles--for instance Paul Althouse. Stephen Mark Brown is not a good example. Stephen Costello (tenor) is not terrible but not great. Our articles, simply put, should not be like resumes, full of namedropping. And not every performance or publication is notable--the best thing to do in writing article content is to start with the reliable sources. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 21:29, 8 August 2016 (UTC)