User talk:T. T. Sha

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Hello, T. T. Sha, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Charles L. Deibert, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Am new and confused. Not sure if this is making it back to you C. Fred. Am finding the talk instructions confusing. I would LOVE help and can't figure out how to get it. Thank you for your inviting and friendly tone. I love Wiki and am hoping Charles L. Deibert page is worthy of remaining once I am able to make suggested changes. Please let me know if this message makes it to you. Tracy McCluskey T. T. Sha (talk) 17:11, 10 June 2016 (UTC)


 * One concern with your edits is that you say the information came directly from Deibert. Information in articles should come from independent, published sources like biographies and news articles. First-hand accounts and direct interviews by editors should be avoided. So, one way to help the article would be to add, on Talk:Charles L. Deibert, any links you have to reliable sources that can be found online—again, independent sources are strongly preferred.


 * The situation gets tricker if you are editing at the request or in the employ of Deibert. Wikipedia strives for neutral point of view, and it's hard for editors to maintain that if they have a relationship with the subject. An editor has a conflict of interest with any subject when there is a personal relationship of some kind: friend, family member, coworker, neighbor, etc. An editor who is employed by the subject, has the subject as a client, or otherwise is directly remunerated for contributing to Wikipedia about the subject must make a paid contribution disclosure about the relationship. Editors with conflicts of interest are strongly discouraged from directly editing articles about the subject, but they make request changes on the article's talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 18:48, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

help Thank you for your prompt reply. This is a relief just to have your advice. I do wish we could actually speak as I'm a tech imbecile.

I am Larry's step daughter. Upon discovering that friends of mine have wiki pages, I started thinking that Larry might be as good a candidate. I researched how to do a wp and took the first advice I saw, that someone close to the subject shouldn't create the page. So I asked another person, who had no knowledge of Larry or personal interest, to take information I provided as well as their own research and create a page. We did this over a period of a month without knowledge of or input from Larry. This past Tuesday, June 7, I presented the page to Larry in honor of his 80th birthday, even though that wasn't the impetus for creating the page. Yesterday he gave me a few corrections for accuracy and over the next couple days is providing me with even more documentable sources for every piece of information. Larry is humbled by this act and has no attachment to the page remaining or being deleted. My attention and attempt is the real gift to him.

I do believe he is a noteworthy individual and worthy based on his service as CASA and status in the Oregon state military structure, his decorations, participation in the specific Vietnam conflict he received his Cross, and possibly even as a Bird Dog pilot and cultural connections to the Metis lineage.

I sincerely value your opinions on all of this and your guidance. Tracy T. T. Sha (talk) 19:24, 10 June 2016 (UTC)