User talk:Carol Smallwood

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The article about you

You asked here about the fate of the article about you. I just deleted the page for two reasons: Firstly, it was created by an editor the Wikipedia community had agreed to block due to undesirable behaviour. If such editors evade their blocks, those so-called "sockpuppets" can be reverted on sight; articles they create can be deleted. Secondly, the article about you was quite problematic and largely not based on reliable third-party sources. I have doubts about the reliability of some of the reviews you provided on the talk page; others clearly were reliable sources but did not provide much - or any - information about yourself. Huon (talk) 18:12, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Carol Smallwood. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Carol Smallwood, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. JudgeRM (talk to me) 16:26, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would encourage you to re-read this section and take it to heart. If you have any questions about our policy on conflicts of interest please drop a line on my talk page. Cheers. --Adam in MO Talk 21:58, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Hi Carol Smallwood, i have made a few edits to the publications section of Carol Smallwood, just a reminder to please not make any direct edits yourself, just request any you have on the talkpage and an editor will take a look, also please be patient as we are all volunteers, thanks.

Coolabahapple (talk) 04:57, 16 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More here.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:33, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To have a review accepted, editors check the relationship. They have all been verified as links. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Smallwoodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk: please cleanup. Carol_Smallwood&action=edit&section=4#Carol Smallwood (talk) 17:40, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you want me to do. it appears Coolabahapple knows what to do. I linked to a discussion about what you should do, but I didn't actually try to help you.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:23, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've contacted this person and if this person wants to help, then you should get a response. But I'm not understanding your request.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:47, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You don't seem to have seen the reply, so here it is:— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Carol Smallwood and Vchimpanzee, i have had a look at the book review site Compulsive Reader, and decided against adding the Prisms, Particles, and Refractions review to the Carol Smallwood article. i am concerned that the review and the site may not meet WP:SOURCE (i know there are wikiarticles that have included review(s) from this site, if i came across an article with one i would, at the very least, remove it from the article to the talkpage with a query/voicing my concern), it appears, from its Do You Want to Submit a Review? section, that anyone can submit a review, as long as it is "analytical, specific, and quite detailed. Plot summaries or reviews that are little more than promotional blurbs won’t be accepted.", also that "Although we are unable to offer monetary compensation for your reviews and articles at this time, we will provide all contributors with a generous author bio including unlimited links. Regular contributors are also featured in the “Who are We” section of our site and are offered a selection of books to review, on approval." that could raise WP:COI and WP:PROMOTION issues.Coolabahapple (talk) 10:47, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm at home and it may be a few days before I can check out the references you asked me about.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:48, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel entirely confident evaluating these myself. There is WP:RSN if you want to ask people who know.

Marilyn Taylor In Hubble’s Shadow

http://www.poetrymagazine.com/poetrymagazine_reviews_marilyn_l_taylor_ph_d.html That one looks good, but I may not be the one to ask.

Alex Phuong In Hubble’s Shadow

http://www.millerspondpoetry.com/index.php/reviews This one bothers me a little since they accept reviews from people, but we don't know if they're professionals.

Aline Soules In Hubble’s Shadow

Writer Advice July-September 2017 Vol. 20, Number 4

http://www.writeradvice.com/hooked-on-books Same as the one above it.

Stephen Holder In Hubble’s Shadow

https://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2017/08/michigan-quarterly-reviews-smallwoods.html More of the same.

Vera Gubnitskaia Interweavings: Creative Nonfiction

http://www.scarletleafreview.com/non-fiction3/vera-gubnitskaia-book-review-interweavings-creative-nonfiction-by-carol-smallwood Link doesn't work and when I go to the site, it's not clear what's going on.

— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:01, 14 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The ScarletLeafReview URL posted above is incorrect. It should be http://www.scarletleafreview.com/non-fiction4/vera-gubnitskaia-book-review-interweavings-creative-nonfiction-by-carol-smallwood. That being said, I am somewhat leery of using that review as a reference, the reviewer - Vera Gubnitskaia - has edited at least 3 books with Smallwood (see Amazon's Vera Gubnitskaia page) so there would seem to be some measure of possible COI in that instance. Shearonink (talk) 22:50, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

October 2017

Constructive contributions are appreciated and strongly encouraged, but your recent edit to the userpage of another user may be considered vandalism. Specifically, your edit to User:Fylbecatulous may be offensive or unwelcome. In general, it is considered polite to avoid substantially editing others' userpages without their permission. Instead, please bring the matter to their talk page and let them edit their user page themselves if they agree on a need to do so. Please refer to Wikipedia:User page for more information on User page etiquette.

Correctly, comments are normally added to one's talk page: User talk:Fylbecatulous. However, please refrain from entering my talk page entirely to add remarks. Place all comments / concerns / complaints on the article talk page itself. Thank you. Fylbecatulous talk 13:48, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

{{request edit}} https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Carol-Smallwood/dp/1947067389/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532597733&sr=1-2&keywords=carol+smallwood (Carol Smallwood (talk) 00:01, 2 August 2018 (UTC))[reply]

Nonfiction

{{request edit}} https://www.amazon.com/Genealogy-Librarian-Perspectives-Instruction-Management-ebook/dp/B07F5MZMVK/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533168424&sr=1-3&keywords=carol+smallwood Carol Smallwood (talk) 00:10, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong venue. Please move to the article talk page.

– Please make your request in that forum. Thank you.

spintendo 00:16, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

3 new book reviews

http://www.ragazine.cc/2018/10/ronald-primeau-poetry-review/ Ragazine, October 31, 2018Carol Smallwood (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.compulsivereader.com/2018/11/04/a-review-of-in-the-measuring-by-carol-smallwood/ November 4, 2018Carol Smallwood (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.scarletleafreview.com/non-fiction8/alex-phuong-a-matter-of-selection-by-carol-smallwood November 2, 2018Carol Smallwood (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Article talk page

Hello Carol Smallwood,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Article talk page for deletion, because it seems to be a test. Did you know that the Wikipedia Sandbox is available for testing out edits?

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

—usernamekiran(talk) 17:20, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

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These need to be added:

https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/459909/carol-smallwood-presented-with-the-albert-nelson-marquis-lifetime-achievement-award-by-marquis-whos-who

Patterns: Moments in Time https://www.wordpoetrybooks.com/smallwood_patterns.html

Visits and Other Passages by Carol Smallwood Paperback:134 pages; Finishing Line Press (January 4, 2019) ISBN-10: 1635348005; $18.99 https://www.amazon.com/Visits-Other-Passages-Carol-Smallwood/dp/1635348005/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547239754&sr=1-2&keywords=carol+smallwood

Please help me with...

adding the 3 links

Carol Smallwood Carol Smallwood (talk) 23:43, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The first link is a press release, the second your publisher, the third a bookshop. None of them are reliable third-party sources, and they should not be used on Wikipedia, neither as sources nor as external links. Huon (talk) 00:45, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with... Please add Oct. 2020 book under Poetry Books of my entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Smallwood http://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/thread-form-and-other-enclosures-carol-smallwood/ Carol Smallwood (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2020 (UTC) Carol Smallwood (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 19:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with... Could the publisher, Main Street Rag Publishing, be added to the title, (Poetry) Thread, Form, and Other Enclosures, the last book listed. Could the Thread, Form, and Other Enclosures Book Review be added to References: https://www.whlreview.com/no-15.3/review/CristinaDeptula.pdf Carol Smallwood (talk) 20:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC) Carol Smallwood (talk) 20:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Carol! First of all, thank you for not editing your own page. We really appreciate it. The Help-Me service is really for editors looking for assistance edting Wikipedia. For users who want to request edits to pages you should really use the Edit Request Wizard. That will ensure that your request goes to an editor who does this kind of maintenence. --Salimfadhley (talk) 00:08, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Carol, It seems unusual to include publisher and ISBN details for works listed in an author biography, but for consistency with the other list items, I have added this. Verified based on the listing at the publisher's web site, not the review which merely has a link to the former. Done. I couldn’t find the book on WorldCat, does North Carolina not have a library deposit scheme for books published in that state? Pelagic ( messages ) – (13:56 Sat 28, AEDT) 02:56, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pushcart nominee in Wikipedia?

Hi, Carol,
Your blurb on Main Street Rag says "a multi-Pushcart nominee in Wikipedia".[1] Can you enlighten me about what that means?
—Pelagic ( messages ) – (13:23 Sat 28, AEDT) 02:23, 28 November 2020 (UTC) – please ping me in replies.[reply]

Well, I found Pushcart Prize, but since Wikipedia doesn’t award that prize, the wording sounds wrong. Would you contact the publisher to have it amended? Pelagic ( messages ) – (14:02 Sat 28, AEDT) 03:02, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please change Lloyd Smallwood to Lloyd Gouine as my father in my entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Smallwood Carol Smallwood (talk) 18:13, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pushcart Prize The editors of where I submitted work (not this year) nominated me to this annual major prize: http://www.pushcartprize.com/nomination.html Carol Smallwood (talk) 22:15, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for correcting the request below my first one about name of my father.Carol Smallwood (talk) 22:15, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help me update my entry

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Please help me with... Poetry The Illusiveness of Gray (Kelsay Books, 2021) https://smile.amazon.com/Illusiveness-Gray-Carol-Smallwood/dp/1954353367/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=carol+smallwood&qid=1636916495&qsid=137-5835463-8331607&s=books&sr=1-2&sres=0786473452%2C1954353367%2C1941830463%2CB01FKUV6WA%2C1476670870%2C1442238305%2C0810887223%2C0786471808%2C0838910068%2C0786465433%2C1476664730%2C0810882132%2CB017GCO6DG%2C0998146986%2CB01182IJHE%2CB00HQ1SSQE

Nonfiction When Home is Not Safe (McFarland, 2021) https://smile.amazon.com/When-Home-Not-Safe-Emotional-ebook/dp/B09DW5F44N/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3C1CG8UCIBXOK&dchild=1&keywords=judith+skillman&qid=1633038232&sprefix=judith+skillman%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2 Carol Smallwood (talk) 21:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC) Carol Smallwood (talk) 22:01, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! The place to request edits for the Carol Smallwood article is Talk:Carol Smallwood, where you've already posted. GoingBatty (talk) 22:15, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]