User talk:Rosecroft2007

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your interest in the article Rosecroft (San Diego). Like you, I want to be sure that the information in the article is correct. I have started a discussion at Talk:Rosecroft (San Diego) about your recent change to the article. Here's what it's about: You have asserted that Scott Clifton is now the sole owner; I have no doubt you are right about this. However, Wikipedia usually insists that information in the article come from an Independent Reliable Source. You do not appear to be an Independent Source; your username suggests you have a personal connection to the estate. Furthermore, information based solely on what someone says they know from personal knowledge is not considered a Reliable Source; it is considered WP:Original research needing confirmation.

I realize this sounds like hair splitting; you know that the information you have put in is true, and it seems unreasonable to demand confirmation. On the other hand, Scott Clifton is a real living person, and Wikipedia is especially picky that information about such people has to be properly sourced. My proposal at the talk page is that we simply omit the name of any owner; it isn't essential for the article, and it could be seen as an invasion of privacy to list the residential address of a person. I hope you will come to the talk page and let us know what you think. Please realize that decisions about Wikipedia articles are made by consensus among editors, and that Wikipedia has lots of rules about sourcing - and about what we say about living people. Thanks for understanding! --MelanieN (talk) 15:03, 22 July 2013 (UTC)