User talk:Skennish

Michael J. Kennish
Wikipedia strongly discourage people from writing their own autobiography. As a general rule, a suitable page will be best written by someone without Conflict of Interest; it's not impossible to do it properly about oneself, but it's relatively more difficult: you are automatically thinking in terms of what the subject wishes to communicate to the public, but an uninvolved person will think in terms of what the public might wish to know. If you think you can do it right according to our guidelines, do so, but expect the article to be carefully checked for objectivity.

It is never a good idea to copy from a web site, even your own -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you own the copyright and are willing to give us permission according to WP:DCM, which you could presumably do,  the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable. This was the case here: the section on research used adjectives of praise, promotional words like "innovative" and a good deal or repetition in slightly different terms. Avoid WP:Peacock terms: do not use words of praise, ofr state that the person is important: the contents of the article will show it.

To start, give the basic information such as birth date and place, education including any postdoctoral fellowship. and prior positions in paragraph form, not lists. --the source should be the CV, goven as a reference. Publications are the primary way we judge notability for researchers-- see WP:PROF. Since there are published books, list them in formal bibliographic style. Include a listing of any published book reviews they have received. List the 3 or 4 most influential articles similarly, giving citation figures from Scopus or Web of Science, or some other appropriate source. Do not include conference presentations, book chapters, and other minor published work. Such a detailed list needs to be frequently updated, and belongs in the CV, not an encyclopedia.

Include major national level offices and awards, but not minor ones. Be sure to list editorships (but not mere editorial board membership) --we consider it very important, and you should add it to the articles for the relevant journals also, with a link to the bio. The awards listed should be sufficiently important that there would normally be a Wikipedia article on the award.

If you have any notable students who would qualify for Wikipedia bios, include them. Your PhD & postdoctoral advisors probably also qualify for bios here; add them and link them, even if they do not yet have articles. Pay particular attention to the way we make links to other Wikipedia articles. Avoid WP:Peacock terms: do not use words of praise, ofr state that the person is important: the contents of the article will show it. If I can help you with any of this, let me know. I do a lot of work with this sort of article.  DGG ( talk ) 00:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

September 2015
Your addition to Melisa Can has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Nick Number (talk) 02:51, 10 September 2015 (UTC)