User:MichaelNetzer/Archives/Mar0207

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Are you editing an article written about you entitled Michael Nasser? You may be aware that this is generally frowned upon. See WP:Vanity. If you do continue to edit, please ensure that you only make factual changes and not changes pushing a particular point of view. Enjoy your time here Maustrauser 11:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Much gratitude for the warm welcome and good advice, it will certainly be taken to heart. MichaelNetzer 20:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I see it has not been taken to heart. Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. It is frowned upon to edit an article about yourself or an organization with which you are affiliated. --Iamunknown 03:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand. I do believe, however, that I took the comments and guidelines to heart. All the minor factual edits on my biography were in accordance with "please ensure that you only make factual changes and not changes pushing a particular point of view."

The material added to Expanding earth theory was necessary as there was a need to expand the article which stood rather barren for some time. I toiled to produce work in accordance with Wikipedia:Conflict of interest:

"There is no list of criteria to help editors determine what counts as a conflict of interest. In most cases, the intention of the writer can be deduced from the tone and content of the article. If you do write an article on a little-known subject, or on one in which you are involved in some way, be sure to write in a neutral tone and cite reliable, published sources."

I believe I have written it in a neutral tone and cited reliable sources to the best of my ability. The work may certainly be scrutinized and if I'm found to have overstepped the guidelines, and shown why, I would accept any such authoratative opinion or decision. MichaelNetzer 15:26, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Conflict of interest

Michael, you are missing the point of WP:COI. There is no way you, as the subject of the article, can ever "[toil] to produce work in accordance with [the policy]," because the policy explicitly says that you "should avoid editing articles related to you."

Your biographical article as it stands is, as far as I can tell, entirely unverifiable and anedcotal. I looked through all of the external links you've included in your article; none of them back of the minutiae that are included in the article. You were "born Michael Nasser on 9 October, 1955." How can I verify that statement with reliable, verifiable secondary sources? You are "dedicated to bringing the comics community together for the betterment of society." Which commentators have said that? Everything in Wikipedia must be verifiable.

That said, I'll be editing your article. As it has no references relevant to the detailed information, I will tag it with {{unreferenced}}. I may cut or comment out information which I cannot verify. Please consider reading and then re-reading Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Autobiograph and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view before editing your article again. --Iamunknown 02:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)