User talk:LoraOlivia

Possible conflict of interest

Hello LoraOlivia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Sharyn McCrumb (as the edit summary of this edit brings into question), you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. MikeWazowski (talk) 03:26, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sharyn McCrumb page

If you can get an image of Sharyn uploaded as a jpg to the Wikimedia Commons, then we can put it in the new Infobox on her page. When you get to Wikimedia Commons, look to the left of the page and click Upload file. That takes you to a page of instructions on how to do it. -Maile66 (talk) 15:21, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Got your message that you uploaded the photo. What did you name it? I don't find a photo on Wikimedia Commons named Sharyn McCrumb-Maile66 (talk) 23:23, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The photo is on the Wikipedia page now. I want to give you a few tips. I believe that, besides the concern of copyright violations, Wikipedia considers it a conflict of interest if the page becomes a for-profit venture. That is, advertising. If Sharyn put it up herself, that would be advertising. Also, at Wikipedia, nobody owns a page. You might author the entire page, but once it's up, it becomes the property of Wikipedia and up for grabs for anyone who wants to edit. They do have a gazillion guidelines to follow, but there's no ownership. I don't know what prose is under dispute for her Career section. But I do know if you are using anything from her site, it should be in quotes. You need to write as much of it yourself, so it doesn't become Sharyn's self-advertisement.

I have re-worked the blurb on St. Dale to show you how Wikipedia might want citations.
Go into your personal Preferences option, Editing tab, and click "Show Edit Toolbar", then "Save" at the bottom of the page, if you have no already done so.
At the top of the toolbar is a chain link icon next to a pencil. Click that, and you can insert links to other Wikipedia pages, as I did with Dale Earnhardt. It's a good tool to have.
Then when you edit, above the edit page will be tools to do Italics, Bold, and other things. In the upper right hand of the toolbar, you should see a button for Cite. Click it, and over on the left-hand side under Templates, you will see various templates for citations. Put your cursor where you want to insert a citation, and click one of those templates. Easy.
Below are some links to help you come up with research to insert in what you write. Good luck. Maile66 (talk) 16:48, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sharyn's novels list

I've done some re-formatting of the lists to include the ISBN numbers. These are available through Amazon, and also Library of Congress. Maile66 (talk) 23:10, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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