User talk:Willowhawk

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[edit] Keira Knightley

Hi, I'm pretty new to wikipedia from the editing aspect, and I was wondering what the protocall was for adding potentially damaging material to a biography of a living person, Keira Knightley. In another wiki, I found references to a topless scene she did in the movie "The Hole" at the age of 15. However, adding this material was reversed by a mod.

Links are below. I wasnt sure who to ask, or where to look to get the answer.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira_Knightley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity_in_film

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Keira_knightley_16.jpg

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Willowhawk (talk • contribs) 18:42, 2006 October 22

OK - I'll check it out and see if I can give you any advice. Johntex\talk 03:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, I checked the article and here is what I see:
  1. You have not editted the article under your current user name. Therefore, I am guessing that you are the anonymous editor using your IP address. While edits from IP addresses are absolutely allowed, people are more likely to trust a user who has made a user name. It tends to indicate that you are serious about contributing.
  2. You did not provide a reference for the information. That article has several references, so you can look at them and see how they are formated. You can also review WP:CITE about the need to cite sources in general, WP:R about what constitutes a reputable source (E.g. not a blog), and WP:BLP which talks about how sources are extra important for biographies of living persons.
  3. In this case, you are claiming that she appeared topless (which is easy to prove) but you are also claiming that this was controversial because of her age. You can't say that just because it is your opinion that it was controversial. You need to find some reputable source that actually claims it was controversial. Otherwise, all you can do is mention the fact of being topless.
  4. I don't see that you discussed the issue on the article's talk page. This is not required, but it is good practice if the edit turns out to be controversial.
  5. Checking the article's Talk page, I don't see any discussion about the topless scense on the Talk page itself, but at the top of the Talk page is a link to the Talk page Archives. We archive discussions after they get too long. In this case, there is older discussion about that specific topless scene. The claim is that she was 16 at the time and that is a legal age in the United Kingdom
  6. I suggest you look for a reliable source and that you discuss it on the Article Talk page.
Out of curiosity, how did you decide to bring the question to me? I have never editted that article. Johntex\talk 03:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)