K-melion
Hello from Bob
Hello, K-melion, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, you can ask me on my talk page, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on this page and ask your question here. Happy editing! — Bob • (talk) • 01:51, July 31, 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. As promised over on Moonriddengirl's talk page [1], I'm leaving you some tips for expanding this article and ways to avoid a lot of common pitfalls in these situations. You need to be aware that there are a lot problems involved in writing or editing articles for Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest—in the case of a biography, a personal or professional conection with the subject.
- Wikipedia:Conflict of interest will give you general guidelines when editing under these circumstances. Editing when you have a conflict of interest often results in some specific problems. The following guidelines will explain what they are and how to avoid them.
- This is a biography of a living person. Nothing should go into that article which is not meticulously referenced to a previously published and reliable source which verfies it. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original research, and information about the subject which has not been published elsewhere does not belong in the article, even if you know it to be true. For guidance on these key Wikipedia policies see:
Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
- All articles must be written in an encyclopedic style, maintain a neutral point of view and above all must be free of promotional language ("peacockery" in Wikispeak). Something which is very important to avoid is a "Quotes" section containing cherry-picked quotes with only positive things said about the person's work. It's fine to have a "Critical reception" section, but then it needs to be balanced with the good and the less good things which critics have written about the subject's works. One good reason to ensure that there is no promotional tone in the article is that it often prompts other editors to add material like this. Even though it is usually reverted promptly, it's still unpleasant. Guidance on these issues can be found at:
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (words to watch)
- This is a biography of a living person. Nothing should go into that article which is not meticulously referenced to a previously published and reliable source which verfies it. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original research, and information about the subject which has not been published elsewhere does not belong in the article, even if you know it to be true. For guidance on these key Wikipedia policies see:
If you need and help or advice just give me a shout on my talk page. I'll also keep the article on my watchlist. Another good place to ask for advice is at WikiProject Composers. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 11:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)