User talk:PamelaGeraldine

February 2020
Hello, I'm MrOllie. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 12:38, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello Mr Ollie, the entry was about an unwritten feature of Trafalgar Square and this is the presence of busking. Please advice how I can edit my piece to be more neutral. I have revised it as thus:

Busking music tourism, is a culturally delightful recent addition to the Trafalgar Square, North Terrace. The published academic monograph entitled “Adsensory Urban Ecology (Vol.2)” case studies London’s Trafalgar Square busking community. The book’s ethnographic case study illustrates empirically, the extent to which busking music tourism has become integral to the cultural civility of Trafalgar Square.

Odih, Pamela. 2019. Adsensory Urban Ecology (Volume Two). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527524682 PamelaGeraldine (talk) 12:52, 22 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Are you the author of that book? - MrOllie (talk) 13:31, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes I am the author: Pamela Odih PamelaGeraldine (talk) 13:40, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Yes I am the author: Pamela Odih  PamelaGeraldine (talk) 13:46, 22 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Please see WP:PAID and Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You should not be listing your own book on Wikipedia. - MrOllie (talk) 14:05, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

MrOllie, The conflict of interest policy was designed to stop people who had appeared on series 3 of American Idol once to create articles on themselves in the belief they were the biggest thing since the Beatles, and to stop the owner of Suzy's Kebab Shop, Droitwich, Worcestershire from creating a Wikipedia page in the hope that more people would stop off to have the "extra large doner". It was not to dismiss expert authors from citing works they have a good knowledge about in the manner that would not look out of place for Michael Gove. I have cleaned up the article (as has Pamela) and added an additional source that cites the 2012 by law, so I think we're all in agreement how to move forward with this. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  12:57, 25 February 2020 (UTC)


 * WP:CITESPAM reads 'Variations of citation spamming include academics and scientists using their editing privileges primarily to add citations to their own work' perhaps you should try to get that guideline changed if you disagree. But regardless, now that you, a neutral editor, have added the citation I will not remove it again. - MrOllie (talk) 13:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)


 * That's more like Kevin Trudeau citing his own books for our articles on weight loss. It really depends what is being cited and how their work is based on it. If it's about busking licences in Trafalgar square, then it should be straightforward to find another source; and indeed it was. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:14, 25 February 2020 (UTC)