User talk:EllenChesler

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Margaret Sanger, 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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Just to be clear, you should read WP:SELFCITE. You're allowed to cite yourself, but calling your own work "acclaimed" is likely to appear as though you are trying to promote your book, which isn't ok. agtx 17:38, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I apologize. I am just confused over the exclusion of my book under "Legacy" when it is still in print and used by so many scholars as a definitive source. (I was quoting from my book summary.) In addition, the citations/references do not make sense to me. There are instances where my book is cited with no page number. And citation 61 writes out the citation of my book in full while earlier citations just use my last name and page number (when they do). Can I fix that? I also figured out what page numbers are missing/were not cited so I'd like to fix that as well. EllenChesler (talk) 17:46, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sure cleaning up citations is fine and definitely helpful (usually we have a full cite on the first reference and short cites thereafter). As far as putting your book in the text under legacy, you should probably leave that to someone else, but you can suggest it on Talk:Margaret Sanger. agtx 18:03, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Prof. Chesler! I apologize for Wikipedia. You’ve run up against one of Wikipedia’s sore spots; a lot of Wikipedians simply detest any hint of self-promotion. In fairness, you can understand why that happens; the site is bombarded by cranks and charlatans. I’d be happy to help you; if you'd like to take this to email, you can visit my talk page and email from there. MarkBernstein (talk) 23:03, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]