User talk:Robin Fryday

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Hello, Robin Fryday, 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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Gail Dolgin
As your former co-director Gail Dolgin is dead, I certainly hope your blanking of the link to her biographical article was unintentional. You also blanked the reference to The Barber of Birmingham‎ having been Oscar shortlisted, which was widely reported by press. Why? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Shawn, I am new to Wikipedia and have never edited before. Blanking out the link to Gail's biographical article was definitely unintentional. However, I did want to change the way we are listed to read co-directed and produced by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday. I also do not want to put the information about the Oscar's shortlist on Wikipedia at this time. Thank you so much for your help. Robin
 * I am glad to hear that the blanking of the link to Gail's article was unintentional. I have already changed the article to read directed and produced by the both of you. However, as for your desire "not want to put the information about the Oscar's shortlist on Wikipedia at this time." I'm afraid that's not your call. It was widely reported in the media and meets our requirements for verifiability. It's also already there in the article for the 84th Academy Awards (which I would caution you not to blank). Why do you want this removed? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:36, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

November 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from The Barber of Birmingham. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Barber_of_Birmingham&action=history page history]. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. ''Please provide a valid reason here or on the article's talk page why this article should not mention the Oscar short list, which was widely reported. '' Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:19, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to The Barber of Birmingham with this edit, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. —  Jeff G. ツ (talk)   02:23, 5 November 2011 (UTC) I have been specifically instructed by The Academy not to advertise, publicize or announce the Oscar's shortlist anywhere and I would greatly appreciate if you would respect this request and take it off of Wikipedia at this time. I do not want to risk being disqualified because of this posting. Thank you. Robin
 * I am well aware of the Academy's guidelines. But the Hollywood Reporter reported here that the Academy had "announced" it, which made me think that they had made an exception in the short doc category. Was that not the case? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:38, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Let me put your mind at ease on one other point: you are not using Wikipedia to "advertise, publicize or announce" your film in anyway, because that is not permitted by our guidelines. In fact, we'd rather you did not edit your film's article at all, due to our conflict of interest guidelines. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:51, 5 November 2011 (UTC)