Amandatindersmith

December 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Wally Lamb. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 23:24, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Wally Lamb. Thank you. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 23:46, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Please read WP:COI and WP:OWN

The subject of the article has no rights over the content of the article. If you have problems with the article, please reveal your conflict of interest on the article's Talk page, and indicate what you find wrong with the article. You should also read WP:BLP, as all biographies must have reliable sources. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 23:38, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Since you continue to violate Wikipedia policy, I have reported you at WP:COIN. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 23:55, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

In response to your feedback

I don't think it made a lot of sense for another editor to undo your edits altogether, but you should make even more of an effort to make your contributions neutral. WP:COI is a good place to read about this. The most important thing you could do now to make sure your contributions stay in the article would be to transfer the big list of references at the bottom into footnotes throughout the article, so that all of the article can be verified to reliable sources (as opposed to just being a publicist's spin). See WP:Referencing for beginners for information about how to create footnotes throughout the article.

Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:45, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Removal of warnings?

I have added inline citations throughout the Wally Lamb article. What more can I do to remove the warnings? I am very new at this and my goal is a neutral and well-supported document, so I welcome your feedback and help.

I've closed your Dispute Resolution Noticeboard request because that board requires there to have been discussion about a dispute before being listed there and, at this point, it's not at all clear that there's a dispute at all. You've dropped a note at the tagger's talk page, which is good, but let me suggest that you also ask Calliopejen1 to review your additions since he/she lent a hand to you before. If nothing else, you can simply remove the {{blprefimprove}} tag yourself and see if anyone reverts/objects. I would not however suggest removing the {{coi}} tag yourself. Though you have the right to do so it might be seen as overreaching; instead, ask Calliopejen1 to do it if he thinks it justified. If you cannot get a response from either editor, consider making a request at Editor assistance. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 21:15, 30 January 2012 (UTC) PS: Please remember to sign all your edits with four tildes — ~~~~. PPS: If you do remove either tag and are reverted, please be careful not to get into an edit war. — TransporterMan (TALK) 21:17, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Your edits

The references look to be pretty good. Thank you. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 21:38, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you, TransporterMan, for your detailed and clear advice! This is so helpful, and I intend to follow through on your suggestions. Thank you, too, Mark of the Beast, for reviewing the changes. This has all been very educational!

Amandatindersmith (talk) 23:29, 30 January 2012 (UTC)