User talk:Paulaterman

January 2020
Nobody could read the text you have posted at User:Paulaterman/sandbox without seeing clearly that you have a high opinion of Ron Ellis, and that you think his work is of great value. Opinions you hold on some of the issues involved are also made clear; for example, in referring to the Canadian system of tribunals you wrote that they "are held hostage to the interests of politicians and bureaucrats" and that this "pervasively undermines the rule of law in Canada, and is inconsistent with basic democratic principles". There is no room for doubt there about the view you hold. However, Wikiepdia policy is that all content must be written from a neutral point of view, and editing to espouse or promote a particular view or opinion is not permitted. It should be impossible to tell what opinion the writer of Wikipedia content holds on the subject they have written about, nor even whether they hold an opinion at all. Unfortunately, the page you have written is so unambiguously promotional that it will be deleted.

If you are interested in contributing to Wikipedia in other ways, you are very welcome to do so, and you may find it helpful to read the advice I am giving you below. If, however, your only interest in editing is to spread the word about what a noble job Ron Ellis has been doing, then I'm afraid that Wikipedia is not the right place to do so, though there are many other web sites where doing so would be suitable.

My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. JBW (talk) 21:23, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Paulaterman. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. JBW (talk) 21:26, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for this comment. I should be clear that the views set out in the article that you take issue with are Ellis‘, not mine. This is abundantly clear from his book and articles. If that did not come across, then that is my fault. I am happy to edit this in a way that makes it clearer. 24.246.3.206 (talk) 21:40, 26 January 2020 (UTC)