User talk:Historyis77

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Historyis77. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Tommy Funderburk, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

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 familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:17, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have reviewed your recent edits and I made the decision to revert all of it because it was full of unsourced informtion and WP:PEACOCK terms. I'm not sure if it was the volume of activity or something else, but another editor has taken an interest in the account and removed content as well. Since Mr. Funderburk has decided to promote himself through the article, I have requested that the article be locked to new and anonymous editors. A reviewing administrator will make the final decision on whether to take that action or not.

Regardless, you should follow the advice provided above about managing conflict of interest and pass the information on to Mr. Funderburk. Another musican from the same era, Benny Hester, managed to improve his article without causing problems. The way he did it was to add information only with reliable sources and without inflating its importance. If the article is edited with that approach, it won't cause problems. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:08, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Funderburk

Walter, much of what is on Tommy Funderburk's page is either anecdotal (as in he sold everything to move to California - not true) or rambling as in who he played with and the history of his songwriting partnerships. I have found some other sources. But, you are much more knowledgeable about Wikipedia than I am. I have been in recovery from a kidney transplant and "out of the mainstream" of the writing and script doctoring I did in Hollywood. Friends introduced me to Tommy over five years ago. I am an unofficial biographer and once Muzit is launched will tell the story.

As a Wikipedia editor, (and possibly a fan of Tommy's) can you interview Tommy directly? Does this count as source material - your interviewing him? We want to get the page updated and would like your input / advice.

Historyis77 (talk) 10:53, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]