User talk:Sfawcett
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[edit] Re:Recommendation letter article
Please forgive me if I'm responding incorrectly here but I'm a brand new "poster" to Wikipedia; so I'm not sure whether I should be "Talking" to you through this channel or if I should be using the "Discussion" page at the article site.
- Either one is OK.
I'm not sure how/why this concerns you? What is wrong with me revising/adapting an article that I wrote three years ago on the subject at hand? In fact, I took great pains to carefully revise that article to comply with Wikipedia guidelines for style, format and neutrality. I remind you that the article has been posted on my free content site for 3 to 4 years. FYI, that free content site gets about 2 million unique visitors per year from over 160 countries.
- It concerns me because I'm a Wikipedia editor, and I'm trying to apply the guidelines of Wikipedia to the articles that I come across.
- I'm glad that your website gets so many visitors; that's a good thing in and of itself. But it doesn't really impact on the issue that we're discussing, which is whether the content of the article is appropriate, seeing as how it is an adaptation of an existing webpage also written by you. It doesn't matter whether the site's content is free, or how popular it is. I would also like to draw your attention to the policy of no original research:
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Research that creates primary sources is not allowed. All articles in Wikipedia should be based on information collected from published primary and secondary sources. This is not "original research"; it is "source-based research", and it is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia. Articles which draw predominantly on primary sources are generally discouraged, in favor of articles based predominantly on secondary sources.
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Can you give me an example of wording in the main article that hints of "advertising". Any suggestions to reword such would be appreciated?
- I should have been more clear — it's not the wording of the text that concerned me, it was the fact that it was more or less already on your webpage.
If you know of another resource(s) that addresses the overall subject of "writing recommendation letters..." please let me know. I would be happy to post it below the article.
- A look at Google results for the term "recommendation letters" brought up quite a few pages, such as [1], [2], [3], all on the first page. Books about job searching will probably have that information as well. Searching for the same terms on Amazon gave me many books to choose from. Of course, I haven't read them so I can't vouch for their quality, but they do exist.
- Basically, I'm just letting you know about the relevant policies and guidelines in Wikipedia, which other editors will have in mind when they view the articles. I've tried to capture the essential points of what you wrote, while at the same time differentiating it from the text on your other webpage: Recommendation letter/Temp. Please have a look.
- ... discospinster talk 21:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
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Sfawcett (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent insertion of spam, commercial content, and/or links is prohibited under policy. Any further spamming may result in your account and/or your IP address being blocked from editing Wikipedia.
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. You are, however, encouraged to add appropriate content to the encyclopedia. If you feel the material in question should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --Hu12 07:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
