User talk:Doodyalley

Location

Hello! Publication location is optional - if an article has a consistent citation style that does not include that, please don't add it in without discussing it, particularly for only one out of many citations. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:51, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't know that - thanks for pointing that out.Doodyalley (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can keep linking to the publisher, though, and if you can improve all of the citations at the same time, I don't think people will fuss. Welcome to Wikipedia, btw! SWinxy (talk) 17:59, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Alleged Possible undeclared WP:CONFLICT

==Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion==

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. Bari' bin Farangi (talk) 05:00, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve just logged-in to find this message. I think a mistake has been made, There’s no conflict of interest. I explained on the username page when I began. All I know of Mellen and other presses has come from reading their books & websites. Before joining Wikipedia I had edited before in 2002 once or twice on gardening and plant pages, forgot username and password and not been back since. Before joining I read up on wiki policies making sure I will not break any.

There’s no conflict of interest with Edwin Mellen or Buriena. I don’t know anything about this other usernames. I’m not a good writer. It takes me a long time to edit sentences. That’s why I always looked at old edits on pages for ideas & see if any good /bad bits added & removed over time. There’s only so many ways to reword things & I don’t know I must have taken words from Burena’s old edits & others & worked them into sentences, I did copy bits of sentences I liked from from other pages as well. The info on the Press is covered on the owner’s page Ricardson so if you edit one you have to edit the other. I didn’t like some of the blatantly obvious bias on these pages but nothing I’ve edited has been promotional. I don’t agree with the Press on everytying & I’m not pro or antiMellen but there needs to be some balance just like any other page. I quoted from source websites & stuck to facts as stated, that’s all I could do. tho I struggled to try & cut down bits of paragraphs to try & keep all information keep it factual & bit less wordy but didn’t know how to add notes ,I can see how useful notes are. I was trying to redo citations as well on different pages but not been able to do more since Fall. If your going to terminate my username your going to do it but I’ve followed all Wikipedia policies & explained there’s no conflict of interest with any other page I’ve edited or with any other user.Doodyalley (talk) 14:18, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]