User talk:Talent Management

Welcome
Hello, Talent Management, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that, based on your username, one of the first articles you have edited 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. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

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Around In Circles
Thank you for your advice. As you have obviously gathered, I'm a new editor to Wikipedia and way in over my head with the amount of procedure needed to adhere to. I am doing my best to follow your advice but going around in circles trying to do so. Please bear with me as I navigate my way to drafting the article on Cherie Hausler for proofreading before submission. My head hurts! (Talent Management (talk) 04:33, 2 March 2010 (UTC))
 * You are doing fine so far, but please, if you are a representative of a Talent Management company that represents Cherie, then please read the WP:COI policy closely and work out if you think you can abide by it's rules. The other policies that I would recommend that you read up on is the verifiability and reliable sources.  Recently, especially in regards to biographies of living people, there has been a push by some to delete anything that isn't referenced to significant coverage in an independent, reliable source.  So an IMDB cast listing isn't significant coverage.  A Ch 7 promo website isn't independent. A Myspace or forum page isn't reliable.  The easiest solution for actors (not that I edit actor articles very often) is a professional review done in a major newspaper of a leading role.  Anything less and some people aren't satisfied and then there will be a whole bunch of new acronyms and policies to learn about when they start trying to delete things!   So welcome, but please declare any COI you may have and edit with as neutral a point of view as possible.The-Pope (talk) 17:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Again, thank you for taking you time to explain things to me, the picture is slowing becoming clearer with the enormous amount of reading I'm doing. I'm also very impressed that you would take the time to point me in the right direction so graciously - if only the real world were like that! I've changed my user name and will no longer edit through Talent Management as it is so obviously a COI. I'm learning rapidly by my mistake. I am working for a friend part-time helping her out in the office and was asked to update the talent she represents on Wikipedia. I don't have any direct interest in promoting these people and have edited the content I've been given to express a neutral point of view. Is that an acceptable COI if there is such a thing? I realise I have also stepped out of line by deleting what was written about her before. Is there a procedure to follow once the accident has happened? Also, in future with further updates, should I be putting them on my talk page for review before posting until I know what I'm doing? Thanks again for you time (Ms Gorgeousness (talk) 03:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC))

March 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you have to the article Cherie Hausler‎, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The-Pope (talk) 14:25, 1 March 2010 (UTC)