User talk:Redcarpettalk

Message posted on Saturday, June 2, 2007
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Realkyhick 07:58, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Copyright, conflict of interest and notability issues with Lisa Cash
This is a copy of a note I also posted on the article's talk page.

First of all, the fact that you are Lisa's publicist automatically tags you as having a conflict of interest. Generally speaking, articles at Wikipedia should not be created or edited by the subject, or someone who has a direct relationship (business and/or family) with the subject. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a place to advertise or garner publicity. The theory is that someone with a conflict of interest does not have an objective view or whether or not a subject is notable, or whether certain facts presented in an article represent a neutral point of view. Articles posted about a client by a publicist are practically guaranteed to be deleted. We're pretty vigilant (some would say stubborn) about not allowing articles that resemble advertising or news releases.

Second, regarding the copyright violations, it doesn't matter whether or not the material comes from the subject's own web site. Unless you're willing to put the contents of her website under the GNU Free Documentation License, you can't simply copy and paste sections or pages from a web site (or printed document, for that matter) and post them as all or part of a Wikipedia article. For info on how you can legally allow use of a web site's content, read Copyright. However, I'll warn you in advance that even if you do license Lisa's web site content under the GFDL, that still won't solve the problems with conflict of interest and notability. COI is something you can't do anything about. Notability is a borderline call, since she has had some credits in well-known shows, but they've been bit parts. So even if you solve the copyright issue, there's a pretty good chance that the article would still be deleted for other reasons.

Having said all of that, I've gotta say this about Lisa: She's hot. :-) (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.) Realkyhick 17:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)