User talk:Rpmcgee715

February 2020
Hello, I'm Jessicapierce. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Golden Gate Bridge have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 02:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Jessicapierce. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 02:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history, as well as helping prevent edit conflicts. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually saving it.

It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Jessicapierce (talk) 02:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jessica My name is Bob McGee, and I was the author of the article you deleted. I was a painter on the Golden Gate Bridge for 12 years and witnessed multiple suicide jumps off the GGB. My article was an account of what I saw. I was in no way self-promoting the article. I didnt get one penny for writing the article.i believe that the article has unique insight to suicide jumps. That is why I posted the link. After what I just mentioned to you, do you still feel that you were justified removing my link? And if so please explain. Thank you and have a great day. Bob Rpmcgee715 (talk) 22:16, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Bob, thanks for your reply. I appreciate your wanting to expand the article, but I do still stand by the removal of your article. Wikipedia's rules about self-promotion, conflicts of interest, and original research would all seem to apply here (those links go to helpful articles; please do take a look when you have a chance).
 * Also, even if that article had been written by someone else, just adding it to the wikipedia page would likely not be seen as an improvement. If you expanded the wikipedia page and used a published article as a citation, that would be acceptable (though it's frowned upon to cite one's own work). But merely adding the article itself isn't very useful, because generally we don't just collect lists of external links on a given topic; you can find more info on this here.
 * I appreciate that you have insider knowledge of the bridge, and I'm sure there is a way you can add your insight to the article. This would need to be done from a neutral point of view, not from a first-person perspective, and with citations from reliable sources.
 * I know this can be a lot to digest. In the short term, I would encourage you to hold off on editing further, and perhaps post on an article's Talk page (link is always at the very top of every article) with regard to what content you'd like to see added, or changes you'd like to be made. Other editors will be glad to step in and make those changes within wikipedia's accepted parameters.
 * Also, if you'd like to get a second opinion (or some help with anything else), please refer to this page for how to use your talk page to ask for help.
 * Thank you! Jessicapierce (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2020 (UTC)