User talk:SimonKu

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Adding works to reference lists
Simon, I noticed that you've been adding books to reference lists in various articles. Generally it's not a good idea to just add books that aren't referenced in the articles themselves; this can lead to bloated lists, and if a book is truly relevant an editor will use it to source material in the article, and it will show up in the references that way.

I also noticed that you are adding books by David Baronov in almost every case. Baronov added quite a few books of his to these and related articles about a year ago, and I was wondering if he'd perhaps asked a friend to add some references to his work to relevant Wikipedia articles. If so, this isn't a good idea -- it would be a conflict of interest for someone to add material to any article to promote the work of a friend (or of themselves).

If you feel these works are relevant, please start a conversation on the talk page of each article saying what you think the book covers that is not in the article. If another editor is interested in the topic they may choose to use the book to improve the article.

Because the books you're adding aren't being used, I'm going to go through these articles and remove them. If you think I'm wrong to do so, please let me know, and we can get a third opinion. If you have any questions, let me know. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:22, 12 October 2014 (UTC)