User talk:SunCoastCat

Conflict of interest
Hello, SunCoastCat. 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 Byron Howard, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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 ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

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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. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  21:48, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Orange MIke... I respect the position of neutrality. So how do we get the misinformation and inaccuracies off of Byron Howard's page? Also... I don't understand why the recognition posts were removed when I linked to the actual awards websites and page that verified the information. Your help appreciated, !SunCoastCat — Preceding unsigned comment added by SunCoastCat (talk • contribs)
 * Well, Cat, we very very very 'VERY strongly discourage the direct editing of an article by somebody with a conflict of interest such as yours; and such edits are often reverted wholesale just to be on the safe side. What you should do under these circumstances is to post proposed additions and corrections to the talk page of the article, with proferred links to reliable sources. If there is content that you believe (or even know) to be false, but it is properly sourced, then you have to provide a better source refuting the first one, or at least making it clear that the information is disputed. If the information you believe (or even know) to be false is not sourced to a reliable source, then point that out, and remind readers that under our standards for biographies of living persons, such contentious content should be removed. In the case of things for which you have no published reliable sources, if we can't verify it, it can't go into the article, no matter how clear your own memory and knowledge of the facts may be. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  22:25, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm brand new to this... all that just sort of makes my head spin. I was merely trying to do something positive and correct inaccuracies. I respect those rules that are in place for very good reasons. But I'm baffled as to how someone could amend the page saying Byron Howard worked on IRON GIANT but was uncredited, and then use no sourcing or verification... and yet it stays on the page? Basically, people can put anything there they want, even unverified, as long as it's not challenged, or they don't naively admit to knowing the person like I did.

Also... I am still curious... why were the "recognition" additions to his credits removed when I linked them factually to the actual Critics' Choice and Goldne Globes websites that verified them? ~SunCoastCat