User talk:Paulewis

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Hello, Paulewis, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Help! ... I would love some help. I am new to WIKI and want to obviously do all I can to abide by the rules etc. So to be clear what should I edit, Should I cite sources? If so how should I properly list the citations? Any help would be appreciated, thanks so much for bringing this to my attention rather then just deleting the pages! I REALLY Appreciate that!


 * Hi there. I am willing to help, but before I do I should point out a few relevant policies:


 * 1) If you are personally connected to Kalyn Braun, then you have a conflict of interest (COI). As a sign that you are acting in good faith, I would advise you to be transparent and disclose this fact (see COI).  Other editors like myself will appreciate your honesty and be more willing to help you improve the article's content.
 * 2) Note that the subject of any Wikipedia article must be notable to the world at large, written from a neutral point of view, and verifiable by reliable sources. Any edits that have the appearance of puffery or promotion are not allowed, and will be removed.
 * 3) If you have a COI, it is advisable not to edit the article directly. Instead, make suggestions on the article talk page and allow other editors to make the changes for you. They will check them for accuracy and neutrality, and thus eliminate the perception of bias.


 * Citations can be added to statements with citation templates like cite web, cite news, cite book or cite journal, inside the tag pair. Then adding a References section with the Reflist template will make them appear below.  There's more help available about how to do that at Help:Footnotes.  Keep in mind that whatever source you cite must be considered reliable, or it will be challenged (see Identifying reliable sources).


 * I hope that this has helped you out. Best of luck.  --Drm310 (talk) 20:04, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm an idiot, I didn't know anything about the COI rule! I am Kalyn's Fiance, Guess I have a lot to learn regarding Wiki... I would appreciate your help making the page more neutral, Kalyn and I noticed that as one of the main cast members of Big Rich Texas for 3 seasons now that she had no wiki page. We wanted to get this done asap. Didn't know it was against the rules. Can you help us make the page more relevant and proper as far as the rules are concerned?

Thanks so much again for your help.


 * The challenge for Kalyn will be to meet the notability requirements for people (WP:BIO). As outlined in the basic criteria (WP:BASIC), she must be the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of her.  At present, there are no footnote citations which can establish her notability. The two external links also fail to meet those basic criteria. Kalyn's own personal website is a primary source and not sufficient to establish notability. The IMDB is considered a self-published source with user-generated content, and not considered a reliable source.


 * Do you have sources from reliable, independent sources like TV news, newspapers or magazines? Sources with editorial control and fact-checking are considered reliable and would help establish notability. --Drm310 (talk) 07:22, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the above info. Is there a way one of the editors (Like yourself) would mind citing and posting more info that is not from me ( a close connection/coi) She has been published is many magazines and online articles etc as well as many places online such as Style Network, Star magazine, in Style magazine and many others. I can provide links to help you with your research if you would like. We would like to make the wiki page more objective and compliant :)  -PL  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.34.217 (talk) 18:05, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Kalyn Braun for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kalyn Braun is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Kalyn Braun until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. - MrX 01:15, 3 February 2013 (UTC)