User talk:Roxcarter

Anusree Roy
While we absolutely welcome new contributions and additions to our articles, I just wanted to let you know that I've had to trim back some of what you added to Anusree Roy today. In particular, the "background" section didn't cite any sources by which we could verify any of the information, and the "play summaries" were advertorially-toned rather than being presented neutrally.

When it comes to personal information about her life, please be aware that our rules are actually for her protection. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of being an open encyclopedia which anyone can edit is that some people feel entitled to alter our articles with lies and other false or inflammatory information — and if that happens, then we can't actually sort out what's right and what's wrong if the original information wasn't properly sourced in the first place. So our rule is that personal information about our article topics can only be included if it can be verified in published sources — even if you can insist on the accuracy of what you're adding because you know her personally, if we can't independently verify it in a published source then it still has to stay out of the article to protect her personal privacy rights.

And when it comes to the play descriptions, what they need to do is stay strictly objective and informational, and avoid the use of subjective value adjectives such as "triumphant", "remarkable", "grand", "moving" or "heartfelt". We can certainly summarize the basic plots in a neutral manner, but we can't presume to tell a potential audience member what they're supposed to think, or how they're supposed to feel, about it. So I've left the basic summaries in the article, but have cut back on the "value judgements".

So while we certainly welcome additional contributions that you may have, you need to ensure that they're properly sourced and avoid value language. Hope that helps a bit. Bearcat (talk) 01:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)