User talk:Rotunda

I have tried to edit a page,which purports to be about me and your system has saved only a part of what I put in. I wish to revert to the original, which incidentally was not put in by me to correct factual errors mis information wrong bibliography and wrong nationality. I am probably being stupid but cannot find out how to revert and start again

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 * Hi Rotunda. I have reverted back to the last, but placed back your removal of two books and addition of another, as well as changed the category to British rather than American occult writers. For help on how to revert, see Help:Reverting. Since the article is poorly referenced and just a stub, there isn't a problem with you making these corrections—certainly the article shouldn't say you're American when you're British and have written books you didn't! Just note that we are leary of people editing their own articles based on the conflict of interest inherent in that. See Autobiography. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for that. However its the other bits I'm bothered about.'She is a haole, born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii, of American parents. She has published fiction in literary magazines and won a Hemingway Short Fiction Award in Key West. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she teaches creative writing at Florida State University.'. 'Tain't me!!!!'She has also written works of fiction' 'Taint me!!! I'm scared to touch it now. I only write books!!!!!. Having just joined as user though having made use of wikipedia quite a bit, I daresay I can learn. Thanks
 * Let me be more clear. Go remove all the unsourced information about you that isn't true. What you shouldn't do (and I'm not suggesting you would) is write your own auobiography. We have guidelines like conflict of interest and autobiography because thousands of times a day people come here to advertise, to promote themselves, their businesses, their websites; they remove negative content and insert their resumes and gush about themselves and...you get the picture. But we also have policies which requires that articles cite sources which verify the content. We also require, especially in biographies of living persons, that unsourced, controversial, negative or disputed content be removed, with prejudice. As stated at the biographies of living people page:"In some cases the subject may become involved in editing the article, either directly or through a representative. While Wikipedia discourages people from writing new articles about themselves or expanding existing ones significantly, subjects of articles are welcome to remove unsourced or poorly sourced material."
 * I am going to go remove some material based on what you've said. If I donlt remove enough, do so yourself. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:43, 10 February 2008 (UTC)