Jason Ledyard

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Hello, Jason Ledyard, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was CBGB, which 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 undone for this very reason.

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I know it can be discouraging when one puts one heart into creating some copy to achieve some personal or project recognition on wikipedia, but there are standards of verifiability and neutrality that have to be respected. Ignore them and you are going to get reverted, especially if it's on high profile articles like CBGB. Alchemy, and its role in the NYC Goth scene is probably worth an article in its own right, but it's not going to happen without plenty of independent corroborating evidence of its notability. This is generally achieved via newspaper articles or similar writings. My suggestion would be that you take the copy you have and put it up on the web somewhere, and also, perhaps start a fb group or similar for the old crew, and see what comes out of the woodworkthat can be added to the site. You can then make a brief mention in the CBGB and also perhaps the main Goth article, referencing your site, and, if you manage to find enough secondary sources, go for an article. Good luck! Wwwhatsup (talk) 08:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)