User talk:Semasema

all this 4 tides and brackets stuff is so difficult to understand its like old computer stuff years ago. - where is live chat ?


 * Well, you have to keep in mind we are all volunteer editors just like yourself, so things take time. Could you try to explain what the issue with the photo is? Did you create that photo? Is it from the internet? Regarding the sources, what I see in this series of edits is you added several sections of information with zero sources. I don't see sources removed. Could you be more specific? --Muhandes (talk) 10:02, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

thank you Muhandes the email i sent had a jpg attached  and read as follows in keeping with their photo submission requirements listed

We note in your entry for Dr Michael Elmore Meegan has no photographs. We can send you several photographs of Dr Michael Elmore-Meegan.

1. We own these photographs and they are copywrite of Michael Meegan.

2. Kindly use Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

3. Please attribute to ICROSS INTERNATIONAL

Sincerely

Elle Kihara

Muhandes, I have no idea the system is so much harder than a blog, wordpress or other systems to use?


 * As I mentioned before, I am not a technical person. I'm sure there are good reasons why Wikipedia is how it is, and I manage to work with it well. I agree there is a learning curve, but if one is willing to learn, I think it becomes simpler with time.
 * Regarding the photo, I'm not sure who you sent it to or why. I don't really see a reason to send an image by email. The simplest solution would be to upload it to the Wikipedia commons and use OTRS. Go to this page, upload the file, add date, description, etc., and under permission add the text they suggest (something like . Then you can send permission according to what the page suggests. --Muhandes (talk) 10:18, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Hi Semasema, your user page is located at User:Semasema. It is a personal userpage which you can use to describe yourself to the other editors in Wikipedia.

Hydriz (talk) 11:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Yes there is. We currently use an old system called IRC to coordinate our work. Do join us at on FreeNode!

Hydriz (talk) 11:23, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
Hi Semasema, you can upload a picture using the interface at Special:Upload. Do also note that no one would be able to respond to emails regarding the content of Wikipedia, as the content is contributed by many people, and not owned by Wikipedia itself.

Hydriz (talk) 11:47, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of interests
Further despite following the detailed email instructions over a week ago and again 3 days ago the uploaded photo was never processed. This I suggest is unreasonable.

You quote below, but there is nothing probibiting correction of fact. You have removed information that is verifiable and factual. I fail to understand why you call it glorifying when it is actually correcting with demonstrable proof.

Nothing you have cited below indicates that I cannot edit. That is unfair. and against the very listing you have just quoted. Further you removed information despite of proof from Kenyan police ? why have you done that ?

I really did my best to help you, but I'm afraid I will have to insist you cease to edit Michael Elmore-Meegan. You already stated you are affiliated with ICROSS. Your recent edit to the article shows a very clear conflict of interests, trying to glorify the person and minimize the criticism. If you wish to further improve the article, I ask that you restrict yourself to making suggestions at the Article talk page and some other editors will apply them, if they believe neutrality will be kept. I linked below a boilerplate message with some information on the matter.

Hello Semasema. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Michael Elmore-Meegan, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 19:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Response
I truly suggest you read Help:Talk page. I started a new section as I simply can't think of a proper way to add my response in this mess.

Regarding images, I have no idea what email you are talking about. As both myself and another editor pointed out, the proper way to upload images is through the upload interface. This is the first time I heard about "processing" images. There may be such an option but I am not aware of it.

Regarding conflict of interests, replacing the heading "Controversy" with "Media" is not "correcting a fact". Adding unsourced material such as "His work in medical research spans three decades pioneering long term interventions in the reduction of preventable disease" is not "correcting a fact". These are acts in very clear conflict of interests. All the material I removed was unsourced. If you will add reliably sourced material, which seems neutral, I will not revert it. If you continue to add material without sources you may be blocked. --Muhandes (talk) 22:36, 4 January 2012 (UTC)